I get directly influenced by the mass media channels and messages. I’m not even interested in politics so when I hear a news through a news channel, I don’t ask myself if it’s true or not. Unfortunately it has reached a point that I don’t trust news channels and I don’t even bother to double check on them. I hear a message from a channel about an issue, few moments later I change the channel and I get a message contradicting the last one!
Saddam Hussein’s case should be similar to what I said previously. It is the news channel that decides if he is a hero or a villain not me. However, There are different alternative ways to solve the problem. Considering the wars occurring between Iran and Iraq, Iraq and Kuwait and United States and Iraq, It’s easy to know who is guilty or not. Some one who always gets into trouble more than once and twice is not accidental. Saddam deserved much worse than just death. Fortunately, everyone is better off now.
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I agree with you that the media is the decision maker when it comes to evaluationg public figures. But disregarding the integrity of hte media for a second, I believe that people hear what they want to hear, and believe what they want to believe. It mostly depends on the pre-set ideas in their heads. And in most cases, it's really hard to change their minds even if you confront them with hard evidence.
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