Which media companies do you want to see arsoned?

[Tahuti]

DISCLAIMER: THIS THREAD ISN'T ABOUT MAKING ARSONING THREATS, OR EVEN DISCUSSING METHODS OF ARSONING, IT IS SIMPLY ABOUT HATING CERTAIN NEWS MEDIA

Some media suck, and suck terribly. So much, that - admit it - you would want to see their headquarters arsoned.

Now, there are many news media I hate, given that I purposefully do not read any newspapers and don't put much credence into TV journals either. Yet one stands out in particular in my country: De Telegraaf. A racist and lo-level piece of garbage that makes sensationalist headlines and fills everything else with pointless celebrity news. It's a popular news media to hate in the Netherlands, yet despite this it has the largest circulation of all Dutch newspapers, which is probably a major reason why so many people in the Netherlands are dumb enough to vote on Geert Wilders. I'd love to see their headquarters arsoned, though considering I value my freedom, I would rather not be the one responsible for it.

Share your thoughts...

 

[Tee Kay]

 

[Phrossack]

Judging by how everyone seems to heavily criticize pretty much every media outlet, it sounds like all of them should go. But then people would complain about being blind to world events. I guess people are impossible to please.

 

[Tee Kay]

On second thoughts, being subjected to arson might bring them sympathy (not to mention giving credence to the endless cries from certain conservative columnists about being silenced despite having the backing of by far the most powerful media institution in the country, et cetera)

 

[Tahuti]

On second thoughts, being subjected to arson might bring them sympathy (not to mention giving credence to the endless cries from certain conservative columnists about being silenced despite having the backing of by far the most powerful media institution in the country, et cetera)

That's true. Yet if it is big enough to be forced out of circulation for a couple of time, they won't be able to cultivate any sympathy.

 

[Quackers]

Huffington Post seems like a good start.
Every link I've clicked to that site has been awful.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Perhaps Daily Mail. For some reason, local newspapers really enjoy copying over articles here, which means that they're filled with business like "45+ Orgy All The Rage In Britain".

 

[Tahuti]

Huffington Post seems like a good start.
Every link I've clicked to that site has been awful.

What I find really weird is that leftist newspapers tend to be overly elitist, while rightist newspapers tend to be overly populist, even though right-wing politics are supposedly about the inequality of society and lefties supposedly stress the need for equality.

 

[gay_Aleks]

What I find really weird is that leftist newspapers tend to be overly elitist, while rightist newspapers tend to be overly populist, even though right-wing politics are supposedly about the inequality of society and lefties supposedly stress the need for equality.

Supposedly being the key word. Perhaps, in an amazing twist of events, the Huffington post is actually right?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Can't I just make them disappear without any burning? Anyway, in addition to the Daily Mail and Huffington Post, tabloids and gossip rags in general.

 

[Tahuti]

Supposedly being the key word. Perhaps, in an amazing twist of events, the Huffington post is actually right?

No, liberal newspapers appear far more snobbish than right-wing newspapers, which are usually read by xenophobic working-class men.

 

[Kyriakos]

To answer the OP:

-BBC

-All Greek news tv media

-All US news tv media

Don't know enough about the rest of the western media, and next to nothing about the non-western ones.

 

[Aleksey_aka_al]

Drinking my last cologne bottle today I'd say let it be BBC!

Spoiler :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6752515.stm

 

[Tahuti]

BBC did air Monty Python, but in the light of alternatives such as YouTube, I guess this is no longer a viable reedeming merit.

 

[downtown]

Judging by how everyone seems to heavily criticize pretty much every media outlet, it sounds like all of them should go. But then people would complain about being blind to world events. I guess people are impossible to please.

And I would have no job

 

[TheLastOne36]

Toronto Sun needs to go away.

 

[Kyriakos]

BBC did air Monty Python, but in the light of alternatives such as YouTube, I guess this is no longer a viable reedeming merit.

By 1999 (Clinton/Blair bombing of Serbia) the BBC was already reduced to a mouthpiece, which was quite scandalous at the time due to the (otherwise) aura of free speech then in UK tv stations. So then you had BBC1 & BBC 2 being pro-bombing, and ITV and Channel4 clearly anti-bombing. There were numerous shows discussing this back then, cause the bombing went on for months anyway...

 

[Gary Childress]

To answer the OP:

-BBC

Sacrilege! Long live "In our Time" with Melvyn Bragg! Also NPR in the US is the way to go for thoughtful dialogue.

A simple blanket condemnation of all news media seems a bit harsh. There ARE good sources of news out there.

 

[Goodfella]

Fox and RT gotta go. CNN too because their website's headlines have been almost entirely about the plane since the thing went missing a month ago.

 

[Core Imposter]

I think Xenophobia gets a bad rap in today's society.