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Siburria wrote:This is actually something worth debating on.

My stance is that we should air those videos. Not to do so would be pure ignorance; Show the people why we must fight.

Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

Jamzmania wrote:

The Emerald Dawn wrote:Ratings have NOTHING to do with journalistic integrity.

Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel. And do you have any kind of proof of widespread lack of journalistic integrity besides "lol fox"?

Besides Wisconsin Palm Trees and Mark Foley, Democrat?

Laerod wrote:

Siburria wrote:This is actually something worth debating on.

My stance is that we should air those videos. Not to do so would be pure ignorance; Show the people why we must fight.

Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

I don't see how showing the people why we must fight is surrendering.

Jamzmania wrote:

The Emerald Dawn wrote:Ratings have NOTHING to do with journalistic integrity.

Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel. And do you have any kind of proof of widespread lack of journalistic integrity besides "lol fox"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0vaZQ ... 24FE99BD4D

See you next year.

Skappola wrote:

Farnhamia wrote:They'd show it on a repeating loop all day, every day if it was an American, regardless of party.

Farnhamia, no offense, but can we stop making Fox jokes on a thread about a man being burned to death on TV?

I was only being partly facetious. And there are going to be jokes made about Fox whenever they are mentioned. If I started warning and admonishing people for that ... well, unless it's really egregious, it's not practical to do that.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The truth about ISIS' brutality does need to be shown but I don't know if that extends to showing video of a man being burned to death. I personally would not watch that.

Jamzmania wrote:

The Emerald Dawn wrote:Ratings have NOTHING to do with journalistic integrity.

Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel. And do you have any kind of proof of widespread lack of journalistic integrity besides "lol fox"?

Because they've made overzealous accusations at large groups?

Jamzmania wrote:

The Emerald Dawn wrote:Ratings have NOTHING to do with journalistic integrity.

Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel. And do you have any kind of proof of widespread lack of journalistic integrity besides "lol fox"?

The fact that millions of American news viewers are total idiots is not germane to the lack of journalistic integrity at Fox.

As far as Fox News' lack of journalistic integrity, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fox+news+lacks+journalistic+integrity

The sources are far too many for me to reasonably quantify here.

Laerod wrote:

Siburria wrote:This is actually something worth debating on.

My stance is that we should air those videos. Not to do so would be pure ignorance; Show the people why we must fight.

Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

This doesn't disrespect the pilot. This shows us what he went through. It shows us what monsters these Radical Islamists are.

Farnhamia wrote:

Skappola wrote:Farnhamia, no offense, but can we stop making Fox jokes on a thread about a man being burned to death on TV?

I was only being partly facetious. And there are going to be jokes made about Fox whenever they are mentioned. If I started warning and admonishing people for that ... well, unless it's really egregious, it's not practical to do that.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The truth about ISIS' brutality does need to be shown but I don't know if that extends to showing video of a man being burned to death. I personally would not watch that.

Well, consider how he felt to have it happen to him.
I think the least we can do is watch if we're not going to attack Isis, we need to do so while understanding what we're abandoning people to suffer.
If you can't even bare to look, maybe that suggests we should be doing something.

Vazdaria wrote:

Laerod wrote:Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

This doesn't disrespect the pilot. This shows us what he went through. It shows us what monsters these Radical Islamists are.

For once, I agree.

Gauthier wrote:

Jamzmania wrote:Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel. And do you have any kind of proof of widespread lack of journalistic integrity besides "lol fox"?

Besides Wisconsin Palm Trees and Mark Foley, Democrat?

What was the one where they reversed some poll numbers about the President? I think the retraction was whispered right before they went to a commercial.

Anyway, the topic is not Fox News in general but their airing of the video of that pilot being killed. We ought to stick to that.

Ostroeuropa wrote:

Farnhamia wrote:I was only being partly facetious. And there are going to be jokes made about Fox whenever they are mentioned. If I started warning and admonishing people for that ... well, unless it's really egregious, it's not practical to do that.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The truth about ISIS' brutality does need to be shown but I don't know if that extends to showing video of a man being burned to death. I personally would not watch that.

Well, consider how he felt to have it happen to him.
I think the least we can do is watch if we're not going to attack Isis, we need to do so while understanding what we're abandoning people to suffer.
If you can't even bare to look, maybe that suggests we should be doing something.

Having suffered similar, I'd disagree.

Not everyone needs to be exposed to horror for it to still be horror.

Fox News channel never actually broadcast the video on TV, they merely made the video available on their website.

Jamzmania wrote:

Laerod wrote:Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

I don't see how showing the people why we must fight is surrendering.

Providing the enemy with a platform to air their propaganda videos is aiding and abetting the enemy. Not to mention Fox is using the brutal death of a human being for ratings. It's disgusting and dispicable.

Eh. Their right to show what they want.

Merizoc wrote:Eh. Their right to show what they want.

The FCC might disagree.

Vazdaria wrote:

Laerod wrote:Disrespect the murdered pilot while simultaneously surrendering to the terrorists? Brilliant plan.

This doesn't disrespect the pilot. This shows us what he went through. It shows us what monsters these Radical Islamists are.

You do not need to watch the video of someone being burned alive or stoned to death or shot through the head to know that. It is wrong to use the shock value of such footage for sensationalism.

Laerod wrote:

Vazdaria wrote:This doesn't disrespect the pilot. This shows us what he went through. It shows us what monsters these Radical Islamists are.

You do not need to watch the video of someone being burned alive or stoned to death or shot through the head to know that. It is wrong to use the shock value of such footage for sensationalism.

There is a difference between intellectual understanding and emotional understanding.

Jamzmania wrote:Well millions of American news viewers must be total idiots, then, considering Fox is the most-watched news channel.

Yes.

Saiwania wrote:Fox News channel never actually broadcast the video on TV, they merely made the video available on their website.

FCC rules would prohibit its airing, I'm sure. But if Fox News could've broadcast the video on TV, I'm sure they would've.

Laerod wrote:

Jamzmania wrote:I don't see how showing the people why we must fight is surrendering.

Providing the enemy with a platform to air their propaganda videos is aiding and abetting the enemy. Not to mention Fox is using the brutal death of a human being for ratings. It's disgusting and dispicable.

We already talk about it 24/7.

I'm split on this. Personally, I'd be too "grossed out" for a lack of a better word to watch the clip. But, of course, Fox News has every right to air this.

That being said, whether or not they should have done it us up for debate, and something I'm unsure about.

Laerod wrote:

Vazdaria wrote:This doesn't disrespect the pilot. This shows us what he went through. It shows us what monsters these Radical Islamists are.

You do not need to watch the video of someone being burned alive or stoned to death or shot through the head to know that. It is wrong to use the shock value of such footage for sensationalism.

True, though it is also true what Saiwania says, they didn't show it over the air, just made it available on their web site. That's their call.

Man set on fire, man dies.

You can't explain that.

Valica wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31013455

So Fox News actually did something I support for once.
By not showing these videos, we are sugarcoating the horrors that they are inflicting upon people.

I wonder if Fox showed stuff like, dunno, Palestinian kids killed by airstrikes, or Iraqis burned by WP weapons... I really wonder.

I love the laughable conceit that someone being burned to death needs to be shown to demonstrate the brutality. As if people would hear, "Burned to death" and go, "Why, that sounds down right pleasant..."