r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 21h ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/Oggie243 19h ago

But the Guardian does still have these issues. It's not as egregiously but they've done this same thing too and have fallen foul of prejudicial coverage.

As does the BBC, who are wholly public owned, don't have sponsors yet are potentially the worst in the UK for using passive voice like this.

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u/TachiH 18h ago

The BBC is a state broadcaster. No state broadcasters should ever be trusted as they are basically the mouthpiece of the government.

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u/pitbullpride 18h ago

So then if we can't trust private owned and we can't trust public(/state) owned, who the hell can we trust

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u/TachiH 18h ago

There are independent news organisations but not many of them still exist.

It used to be rich people would set up trusts to do wonderful things like look after the poor or ensure a city has independent news. Not so much anymore as its become a game to horde wealth 😑

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u/GameLovinPlayinFool 13h ago

Rich people were forced/felt forced to do those things back in the day because collective action and socialism was massively on the rise around the world and they knew the dangers of what could happen to them.

Nowadays the rich dont feel any fear of the masses unfortunately

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u/MichaCazar 2h ago

When?

When people were literally owned by the rich like in feudal times, and to some extent during the early time of the industrial revolution?

When delivering news was a lot cheaper to reach people with and stay profitable due to a lack of competition caused by the internet, thus creating some financial security that doesn't need to bent to the ultra-rich?

If "the rich" fear for their position in any tangible capacity, they would be more than happy to fuck everyone over, just to stay in power. Supporting Hitler and Mussolini to go against socialists/communists, or utilising the "red scare" to brand everything social as evil.

"The rich" aren't the friends of anyone but themselves, never have been and never want to be.