Media and Religion today

The media is always a problem. The more sensational they can portray something, the higher their ratings. Perhaps if there was one media outlet, there would be no one to 'one-up' as far as sensationalizing goes. As well, too many of the outlets are prone towards bias coverage that seems to fit the agenda of those presenting the news. But their job isn't to inject opinion. That is the job of pundits. Somebody like Hannity and Colmes have the right to do this because that's the premise of the show. That's fine. Who doesn't have the right to do it, whatsoever, is the nightly news anchors, like, Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw. That isn't their job. Their job is to simply report the news, whatever it may be. I've long had a problem with this, and since being exposed, I've noticed a that the networks are trying to appeal to a non-partison base. The world isn't comprised of soley Conservatives. The world isn't comprised of soely Liberals, or Moderates, or anything else. Just report what happened, and stop trying to steer news in any direction. History is what it is. The study of histroy or an accounting of history has no bias. Just record it. That's their job. It would be well with them to never lose sight of that as being a Golden rule.That was a very interesting story by the way. Thanks for sharing.

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“If chance be the father of all flesh then disaster is his rainbow in the sky. And when you hear of, state of emergencies, sniper kills ten, youths go looting, bomb blasts school, it is but the sound of man worshipping his maker” -Steve Turner

I disagree. Any war has the potential to become WWIII. But I would agree with you that if any news stations are reporting conjecture, they've lost sight of their job. But there is little question as to whether or not the situation in the Middle East is a volatile firebrand. Of course it is. It has the apocolyptic potential. Ever since the advent of nuclear weaponry we will always teeter on the edge of a knife. The only thing that has stayed anyone's hand is self-preservation. All it takes is a suicide bomber, indifferent to life, to gain access to a nuclear weapon and to wait for the fallout. The potential is always there.

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“If chance be the father of all flesh then disaster is his rainbow in the sky. And when you hear of, state of emergencies, sniper kills ten, youths go looting, bomb blasts school, it is but the sound of man worshipping his maker” -Steve Turner

You do realize that networks compete against each other for ratings, right? If there was one network there wouldn't be any competition. It doesn't mean that they couldn't be federally regulated. It may be wishful thinking but that doesn't mean we have to just give up. There will continue to be evil acts in the world too, despite our best efforts, but that doesn't mean we just give up and make matters worse by not trying to alleviate those problems.

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“If chance be the father of all flesh then disaster is his rainbow in the sky. And when you hear of, state of emergencies, sniper kills ten, youths go looting, bomb blasts school, it is but the sound of man worshipping his maker” -Steve Turner

According to philologists and critics, the actual translation is 'raisins,' not virgins. They will recieve 72 white raisins according to the Qur'an.http://www.rense.com/general45/islamafter.htm

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“If chance be the father of all flesh then disaster is his rainbow in the sky. And when you hear of, state of emergencies, sniper kills ten, youths go looting, bomb blasts school, it is but the sound of man worshipping his maker” -Steve Turner