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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Polish Fried Chicken
I hate the media right now. I don't care what anyone else says, the whole Polish guy getting tasered thing is being completely sensationalized. They're still talking about it, like, six months later. I mean come on when was it? October? And now they just had an article in the Vancouver Sun today.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone can pick sides in this, the news has not, and probably never will get the whole story. They have completely covered the Polish guy's side of the story, I mean they dug years into his past, they interviewed his roommate and all his friends, and yet the best they can do for the police's side of the story is have one single interview with the police chief. They have not interviewed the police officers involved and to the best of my knowledge have made absolutely no attempt to try. And I've heard people say that, "Well the RCMP tells it's officers not to talk." This is such a bullshit response! To get the victim's side of the story they will find names, arrange dates for interviews, and if no date can be arranged, they'll go right to their house, shove a camera into their face when they answer the door and then interview them on the front porch. In this case they traveled all the way to Poland for a few interviews! But when it comes to the RCMP they won't even bother phoning the officers involved.
Of course, money is the only reason they do it, and don't tell me otherwise. They want to make the Polish guy to look like he was completely innocent and the cops to be the big mean bad guys, for one simple reason: so they can drag the story out for as long as possible. Think about it. If they took the cops side of this and said that it was justified and not excessive force, that would have been it. There is no where to go with the story. However, if they get the Polish guy's side they will cause anger, which will cause controversy, which will increase ratings. Plus with this controversy they can make every insignificant detail, like his past, into a huge 10 minute long piece, which will cause more anger, and thus even more ratings. (From the sound of the piece they did on his past it sounded like he was a criminal anyway, even though they did try to sugar coat it.) Don't believe me? Guess what the article in the Sun was about. It was talking about how the customs guy thought he was calm when he was checking in to Canada. That stupid, insignificant article, that held no answers as to what actually happened when the police encountered him, made front page. No joke.
And before I get a bunch of negative replies from the imaginary people who view my page saying that I condone murder, etc. just shut up and read the above paragraph again. I'm not saying the death is justified, and yes, it's tragic that he died, what I'm saying is that you shouldn't choose sides based on biased news coverage and a minute long, low quality video on Youtube.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone can pick sides in this, the news has not, and probably never will get the whole story. They have completely covered the Polish guy's side of the story, I mean they dug years into his past, they interviewed his roommate and all his friends, and yet the best they can do for the police's side of the story is have one single interview with the police chief. They have not interviewed the police officers involved and to the best of my knowledge have made absolutely no attempt to try. And I've heard people say that, "Well the RCMP tells it's officers not to talk." This is such a bullshit response! To get the victim's side of the story they will find names, arrange dates for interviews, and if no date can be arranged, they'll go right to their house, shove a camera into their face when they answer the door and then interview them on the front porch. In this case they traveled all the way to Poland for a few interviews! But when it comes to the RCMP they won't even bother phoning the officers involved.
Of course, money is the only reason they do it, and don't tell me otherwise. They want to make the Polish guy to look like he was completely innocent and the cops to be the big mean bad guys, for one simple reason: so they can drag the story out for as long as possible. Think about it. If they took the cops side of this and said that it was justified and not excessive force, that would have been it. There is no where to go with the story. However, if they get the Polish guy's side they will cause anger, which will cause controversy, which will increase ratings. Plus with this controversy they can make every insignificant detail, like his past, into a huge 10 minute long piece, which will cause more anger, and thus even more ratings. (From the sound of the piece they did on his past it sounded like he was a criminal anyway, even though they did try to sugar coat it.) Don't believe me? Guess what the article in the Sun was about. It was talking about how the customs guy thought he was calm when he was checking in to Canada. That stupid, insignificant article, that held no answers as to what actually happened when the police encountered him, made front page. No joke.
And before I get a bunch of negative replies from the imaginary people who view my page saying that I condone murder, etc. just shut up and read the above paragraph again. I'm not saying the death is justified, and yes, it's tragic that he died, what I'm saying is that you shouldn't choose sides based on biased news coverage and a minute long, low quality video on Youtube.
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