Sad: Amnesty International Reduced To Just Another Media Bomb Thrower
The Amnesty International ("AI") 2005 Report was issued yesterday, and not surprisingly it's full of derisive anti-US allegations. The US Media eats this stuff up, just like it did the Isikoff Newsweek article.
Yes, allegations.
They state no facts to back up their accusations, not unlike most of the media. Their pulication is a "report" after all, so it should contain something more substantive than "The US is Bad!", shouldn't it? Instead, it reads more like a long winded newspaper article that has limited time to capture your attention, shock you, and let you go.
The wierdo in me wants to cry out "Liberal/Socialist/Communist Conspiracy!" However, that would assume AI (and the US media for that matter) had a lofty political agenda. That would be giving them too much credit, IMHO.
No, AI, like the media, needs to report issues that sell - Shock/upset/piss-off your viewer and you've got their attention, and they're on your side. Once they're on your side, they'll support you, 99.999% of the time by sending money. Once in a blue moon someone will want to volunteer, but when that someone tries to volunteer, they're told to send money.
I'll come out and say it: AI issued the report in this for purely for money. AI needs money, just like, and for the same reasons that, media outlets need money. Basis for this statement is Occam's Razor - either one needs to prove up some political agenda and a driving force behind it (very complex and difficult) or simply point out that AI wants money.
They'll probably use the money to help people out and run their business, but they want money none the less.
I guess expecting them to do it in a more ethical manner is asking for too much. Besides, they already see the formula that works in the media, so why not copy a succesfull business model?
Yes, allegations.
They state no facts to back up their accusations, not unlike most of the media. Their pulication is a "report" after all, so it should contain something more substantive than "The US is Bad!", shouldn't it? Instead, it reads more like a long winded newspaper article that has limited time to capture your attention, shock you, and let you go.
The wierdo in me wants to cry out "Liberal/Socialist/Communist Conspiracy!" However, that would assume AI (and the US media for that matter) had a lofty political agenda. That would be giving them too much credit, IMHO.
No, AI, like the media, needs to report issues that sell - Shock/upset/piss-off your viewer and you've got their attention, and they're on your side. Once they're on your side, they'll support you, 99.999% of the time by sending money. Once in a blue moon someone will want to volunteer, but when that someone tries to volunteer, they're told to send money.
I'll come out and say it: AI issued the report in this for purely for money. AI needs money, just like, and for the same reasons that, media outlets need money. Basis for this statement is Occam's Razor - either one needs to prove up some political agenda and a driving force behind it (very complex and difficult) or simply point out that AI wants money.
They'll probably use the money to help people out and run their business, but they want money none the less.
I guess expecting them to do it in a more ethical manner is asking for too much. Besides, they already see the formula that works in the media, so why not copy a succesfull business model?
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