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5. The point is... without guessing what the OP meant...

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Sun Apr 3, 2022, 05:28 PM

Apr 2022

Is the MSM treating ALL wars the same re: reporting.

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Are the events of the Ukraine-Russia conflict really worse than other wars? [View all] milestogo Apr 2022 OP

Does it matter? We are seeing it. Point? nt enneacanthus Apr 2022 #1

The point is... without guessing what the OP meant... WarGamer Apr 2022 #5

Depends if you're a survivor or victim. Throck Apr 2022 #2

Think pretty much the same as most wars. Believe george war bush's Iraq invasion killed a lot more Hoyt Apr 2022 #3

yup... WarGamer Apr 2022 #10

No WarGamer Apr 2022 #4

+1. Although don't blame MSM. Viewers are the ones using that filter (hate to say it too). Hoyt Apr 2022 #6

disagree with: Celerity Apr 2022 #29

I think viewers are calling the shots, and they don't care as much about Iraq, Hoyt Apr 2022 #31

I just gave you multiple examples (& not just on telly) of media bias regarding the question at hand Celerity Apr 2022 #32

And I said those examples are media playing to their viewers' opinion that Hoyt Apr 2022 #34

The bias was there before the audience. As for Fox, they manipulate the rubes, make them worse. Celerity Apr 2022 #36

Wrong. Grew up with racists and would be trumpsters decades before FOX, etc. Hoyt Apr 2022 #38

No, not wrong, as that is not what I said. Fox manipulates pre-existing bias and makes it worse. Celerity Apr 2022 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Apr 2022 #37

Trevor nailed malaise Apr 2022 #47

+ 1000 nt Quixote1818 Apr 2022 #7

Precisely Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #15

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #50

All wars are horrible. Humanity will never learn its lesson. Boomerproud Apr 2022 #8

Well seeing it up this close is a pretty good teacher. milestogo Apr 2022 #23

1 death is too many, but the Bosnian war of the 1990s spooky3 Apr 2022 #9

absolutely. +1000nt WarGamer Apr 2022 #13

Agreed, to a point relayerbob Apr 2022 #19

* 1,000 malaise Apr 2022 #48

War ..... Lovie777 Apr 2022 #11

Think of Cambodia. And no one would stop Pol Pots killing fields. It took the Vietnamese ratchiweenie Apr 2022 #12

We haven't seen a war like this in decades. brooklynite Apr 2022 #14

Mostly the coverage relayerbob Apr 2022 #16

Iraq and Vietnam had plenty of war crimes. Ukraine is still terrible, even Hoyt Apr 2022 #35

For the we suck just as bad crowd BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #17

I think there are genuine differences intrepidity Apr 2022 #18

Hmmm let me think. WarGamer Apr 2022 #27

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #51

Hmmmm, question BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #52

Definitely an American occupation army. WarGamer Apr 2022 #54

Probably Baghdad Kaleva Apr 2022 #59

Keep clutching that straw BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #60

The object of this war is the actual annihilation of the attacked country. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #56

I think all military organizations claim to ... Whiskeytide Apr 2022 #20

This war is far worse than any other wars. Beastly Boy Apr 2022 #21

The Russians are brutal... monsters. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #22

No. It is media. Ask the Hutu's about that. Not the Tutsi's. JanMichael Apr 2022 #24

Nope. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #25

Without looking, Can you give a rough estimate of how many were killed or displaced sarisataka Apr 2022 #26

smdh... I hear ya. WarGamer Apr 2022 #28

Depends on how true and/or widespread this is (copied from from a recent post in here) Iwasthere Apr 2022 #30

There are a lot of wars going on and some like in Yemen, both sides are using boy soldiers. marie999 Apr 2022 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Apr 2022 #39

Close to a million dead iraqis malaise Apr 2022 #40

To me, it appears Putin is very much like Saddam and ought to be examined. Kaleva Apr 2022 #43

Seems more like Bush and Cheney to me n/t malaise Apr 2022 #46

+1. Hoyt Apr 2022 #49

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM usonian Apr 2022 #42

Great post malaise Apr 2022 #61

Thread coming? usonian Apr 2022 #62

I saw a lot of the Vietnam war coverage Meowmee Apr 2022 #44

No, the really big problem is that this is war up close. Chainfire Apr 2022 #45

In my humble opinion, ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #53

No recs, no wonder.. denbot Apr 2022 #55

Flame me if you like, but I think one of the unusual aspects of this war Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #57

I don't know if I can reply to this and not break into a million pieces. herding cats Apr 2022 #58

No two wars are created equal. SmallFry Apr 2022 #63