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Originally Posted by kazbates
What I should have stayed with was the negative comments about life in the US, ie. education, gun control, etc. I sometimes feel that the rest of the world only gets a narrow view of us through the media. The same narrow view that I get about other countries.
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Unfortunately many Americans get a narrow and inaccurate view of
ourselves through that same media, and those in other countries often have exactly the same problem. That same media tends to shape our thinking or ourselves and others, depending on what they show us. For instance, the Somali pirates are either a bunch of $#!*$ attacking innocents who need to be bombed out of existence, or desperate men from a hopelessly poor country who need serious help and aid, depending on whose media you tune in to.
That is always a danger, and it is up to individuals to look further than what the media tries to spoon-feed us, to get the truth.
One of the values of forums like this is to bring different sources of information together, which can help an individual see all sides, and make a more informed decision about a topic.