Media Misses of 2015 a must read

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Media Misses of 2015 a must read
Topic Started: Jan 1 2016, 10:03 AM (453 Views)
friendshipgal	Jan 1 2016, 10:03 AM Post #1
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	This may not be from an approved WWS source but is verifiable and accurate, if you believe otherwise please prove it. • 1. Hands up, don’t shoot • 2. Ahmed’s clock an excerpt Alan Kurdi’s rejected refugee application http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/30/media-misses-in-2015#pq=zMQ57V Quote: A defining moment of the 2015 election campaign was reaction to the Syrian refugee crisis after images surfaced of a lifeless, three-year-old Syrian boy lying on a Turkish beach. When the heart-wrenching images were first reported, we were told the family of Alan Kurdi had applied to be refugees in Canada, but had been rejected by the Harper government. There was an immediate backlash against the Conservatives; many directly blamed the Harper government for the death of Alan, his older brother and mother. But when the immigration department was contacted, we learned the original media reports were incorrect. Alan’s parents never applied to come to Canada, although his uncle had submitted an incomplete application. Misinformation spread, however, and the reaction to a tragic death marked the beginning of the end of Harper’s already troubled campaign. The public relies on the media to be fair and accurate. All journalists should resolve to make 2016 a year of more thorough and honest reporting.



FuzzyO	Jan 1 2016, 10:06 AM Post #2
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Good heavens, the Kurdi story was quickly corrected in all mainstream media.



friendshipgal	Jan 1 2016, 10:06 AM Post #3
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	FuzzyO Jan 1 2016, 10:06 AM Good heavens, the Kurdi story was quickly corrected in all mainstream media. Don't think so...



margrace	Jan 1 2016, 10:06 AM Post #4
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,367 Group: Member Member #723 Joined: April 1, 2010	For cripes sake how many children died, this is pretty mean spirited in my opinion.



FuzzyO	Jan 1 2016, 10:11 AM Post #5
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Well FSG, I do not read the Sun, and I certainly knew that it was actually the uncle and that the application was incomplete. So I learned that either from CBC radio, CTV news, the Globe and Mail, or the Toronto Star.



friendshipgal	Jan 1 2016, 10:14 AM Post #6
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	margrace Jan 1 2016, 10:06 AM For cripes sake how many children died, this is pretty mean spirited in my opinion. It was pretty mean spirited of the NDP guy who lied (he has never apologized) and the media for not getting their facts right and continuing to report. It was pretty mean spirited of the media et al to continue the story without corrections http://canadalandshow.com/article/media-fact-check-what-press-got-wrong-about-alan-kurdi-and-what-it-got-right The CBC, the Globe and Mail, and the Huffington post all picked up the false story, which still lives on in small and niche publications, but did not print any corrections. Corrections not issued Despite getting details wrong, most publications did not issue corrections about the errors, which are common in a breaking news environment. Glavin’s story in the Ottawa Citizen has an update at the top and the CBC printed a correction at the end of its article noting Abdullah did not apply to Canada, but CANADALAND did not find any other corrections from major publications. Adding to the confusion, those who reported Abdullah declined the offer of Canadian citizenship quietly removed the story or changed the headlines. The CBC story submitted to Reddit now links to a story with no correction or even mention of the report. A Huffington Post story has yet to update the claim, and the Globe and Mail’s copy has been removed entirely. Edited by friendshipgal, Jan 1 2016, 10:43 AM.



Bitsy	Jan 1 2016, 10:54 AM Post #7
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	FuzzyO Jan 1 2016, 10:11 AM Well FSG, I do not read the Sun, and I certainly knew that it was actually the uncle and that the application was incomplete. So I learned that either from CBC radio, CTV news, the Globe and Mail, or the Toronto Star. From CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/aunt-of-alan-kurdi-drowned-syrian-boy-did-not-apply-to-sponsor-family-in-canada-1.3214517 From Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/syrian-family-whose-children-were-found-on-turkish-beach-tried-to-come-to-canada/article26202571/ Not going to search for further sources , as the story was quickly corrected by the main stream media sources that most of us read for our news, at least those of us who do not have to have our biases reinforced by agenda news sources.



friendshipgal	Jan 1 2016, 11:31 AM Post #8
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	FuzzyO Jan 1 2016, 10:11 AM Well FSG, I do not read the Sun, and I certainly knew that it was actually the uncle and that the application was incomplete. So I learned that either from CBC radio, CTV news, the Globe and Mail, or the Toronto Star. We did learn of it later, but not before the media spun it's web of lies and have never apologized for not fact checking and running with an erroneous story. Canadaland has it right. Edited by friendshipgal, Jan 1 2016, 11:32 AM.



Bitsy	Jan 1 2016, 01:30 PM Post #9
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	How rich is this coming from Sun? This will probably be one my biggest laughs for 2016. Quote: The public relies on the media to be fair and accurate. All journalists should resolve to make 2016 a year of more thorough and honest reporting.



Delphi51	Jan 1 2016, 03:46 PM Post #10
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I agree it was corrected. But the event caused a massive popular movement to bring Syrian refugees to Europe and Canada. Had it been a little Somali boy, we might be bringing Somali refugees to Canada and ignoring Syrians.



friendshipgal	Jan 2 2016, 04:30 AM Post #11
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Delphi51 Jan 1 2016, 03:46 PM I agree it was corrected. But the event caused a massive popular movement to bring Syrian refugees to Europe and Canada. Had it been a little Somali boy, we might be bringing Somali refugees to Canada and ignoring Syrians. But not before the media blitz ran with the lies including the NDP MP’s lie, something the media just had to go with, without confirming the facts. Chris Alexander told of meeting people at the door who literally blamed him for the tragedy. Not only did the media use the death of a little boy for political agendas but so did the opposition parties use it blatantly for a political advantage. It’s a pretty good story about how the media can distort something so badly but be so poor at taking back their lies. It is increasingly obvious that the media can and does distort a story using hyperbole and sensationalism in order to further their own political agendas. As we have seen, this results in unrealistic promises on the campaign trail. The Sun is absolutely right on when it says the public relies on the media to be fair and accurate and all journalists should resolve to make 2016 a year of more thorough and honest reporting. We should be thankful that we have the Sun among others, as we seem to be increasingly fed misinformation while political correctness holds many back from reporting all the issues.



Bitsy	Jan 2 2016, 04:33 AM Post #12
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	friendshipgal Jan 2 2016, 04:30 AM We should be thankful that we have the Sun among others, as we seem to be increasingly fed misinformation while political correctness holds many back from reporting all the issues. I am delighted that you have Sun media. Where would we be without all the fear mongering that conservatives thrive on? It provides a great contrast to progressive thinking vs. regressive thinking.



FuzzyO	Jan 2 2016, 04:33 AM Post #13
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Over the holidays I was staying at a home where one of the papers delivered is the Sun. It's really a lousy rag. That being said it always pays to wait until the facts come out before buying into something.



friendshipgal	Jan 2 2016, 04:56 AM Post #14
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	FuzzyO Jan 2 2016, 04:33 AM Over the holidays I was staying at a home where one of the papers delivered is the Sun. It's really a lousy rag. That being said it always pays to wait until the facts come out before buying into something. You don't like it because it doesn't always support your liberal point of view but it is fortunate that we have a variety of sources to go to. I don't take any papers but read on line news aggregaters which give a variety of sources. I agree at one time it was considered a 'rag' but it's much improved so we should be happy to have more than one viewpoint to read. Obviously those with rabidly anti-conservative viewpoints (not necessarily yourself so don't take this personally) would have no time for anything that does not conform to their own political agendas which is a shame as confining yourself to your own ideas of what should be happening is very unenlightened; as for myself, I try to read a variety of sources. Not to mention disparaging a source is just another method of shutting down information which does not conform to one's own ideas. I've been reading a fair bit of European news where there is much more reporting on the migrant crisis e.g. the Daily Mail reports on this which is taken from a German paper the Bild... I could give that but it's in German. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378985/Police-Germany-covering-extent-migrant-crime-claim-Bild-country-revealed-taken-1-1-MILLION-people-2015.html Sweden is now closing it's borders as are other countries which can no longer cope with the influx and problems. And in Norway, they are turning the migrants away (as is Austria ) http://www.thelocal.no/20151230/norway-to-turn-back-asylum-seekers-on-swedish-border TB scare http://www.thelocal.de/20151230/refugee-train-stopped-after-tuberculosis-scare The local is a good source of Euro news in English. No country can take in that many people, particularly those with intolerant viewpoints totally out of line with their host country, there are bound to be problems. The solution has to lie elsewhere otherwise the lifeboats will capsize. ETA: No doubt this will turn into flame throwing and personal insults where the poster is discussed rather than than the issue... have fun Edited by friendshipgal, Jan 2 2016, 05:08 AM.



Bitsy	Jan 2 2016, 05:06 AM Post #15
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	friendshipgal Jan 2 2016, 04:56 AM Obviously those with rabidly anti-conservative viewpoints (not necessarily yourself so don't take this personally) would have no time for anything that does not conform to their own political agendas which is a shame as confining yourself to your own ideas of what should be happening is very unenlightened; as for myself, I try to read a variety of sources. Not to mention disparaging a source is just another method of shutting down information which does not conform to one's own ideas. Strange that the only posts we see from you are from the sources that support your political agenda and demonization of an administration that was in office less than a day or so before your attacks began. i would love for once in your years of posting together to see a post from you that was critical of conservative agenda of your party. The Liberal USAins here are quick to criticise our own because we are critical readers of sources that do not support the liberal agenda. We actually read them with an open mind.



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