Media Power

emad · Oct 29, 2003

MEDIA POWER

A man was in New York's central park, when a dog went wild and attacked a young boy. The man was able to grab the dog by the neck, pulling it off the boy and choking it to death. A reporter for the NY Times comes to interview him, congratulating him on his act of heroism. He suggests the headline: New Yorker saves the life of a young boy! But," the man told him, "I'm not from NY." Ok, then how about : American hero saves the day. But," the man told him, "I'm not American". Then, where are you from? asked the reporter. I'm from Pakistan," the man answered.

The next day the headlines read:

MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST STRANGLES DOG IN CENTRAL PARK .
FBI INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE LINKS TO AL QAEDA.

U.N.A.M · Oct 29, 2003

LoudMusic · Oct 29, 2003

That sounds about right.

BudNC6721 · Oct 29, 2003

sounds like something that you could read in the paper

Super-Supra · Oct 30, 2003

It's not funny, it's the truth.

LoudMusic · Oct 30, 2003

Originally posted by Super-Supra
It's not funny, it's the truth.

That's what makes it funny.

Curveball · Oct 30, 2003

Originally posted by LoudMusic
That's what makes it funny.

That's the truth.

emad · Oct 30, 2003

that's why i posted it...it's mean...but it's true...that's what made me laugh. what's sad though is i know of people who it's happened to

LoudMusic · Oct 30, 2003

Jokes like this need to be pushed out to the public more. Make sure everyone understands that "the media" twist stories to make headlines. People need to evaluate a situation for themselves.