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Morgan25
Any of you see the video of ol’ Diane Sawyer saying that 100,000 “turned out” to march around with torches for anti-imperialism day or whatever? lol
I would think it's more like “rounded up” but I guess a lot of the NKs do love their "Dear Leader"

She actually asked NKs if they’d “seen American movies or western television”!!! “Do you know American is a very rich country?” “Is there anything good about America?” rotflmao.gif Even if she met a NK who didn’t buy all the propaganda it’s not like she’d actually get any real answers with her “translator” standing right there.
What a dimwit… It’s pretty embarrassing that she’s actually from my country. icon_redface.gif What a twit.

Please somebody if you have the link to the report post it here. I got it through a flash thing so I can't get the link. bawling.gif
kunomchu
pretty gutsy for an american journalist to be there right now. What questions do you want her to ask?
HanulSky
Yeah she's taking a big risk.

I admire her. icon_smile.gif

NKers are so sheltered from the outside world, reminds me of the people in the giver.
Morgan25
QUOTE(kunomchu @ Oct 18 2006, 10:47 PM) *

pretty gutsy for an american journalist to be there right now. What questions do you want her to ask?

I don't want her to be there at all actually. No need whatsoever. Just do a real report on NK. If she really had an itch to talk to some NKs she could have stopped n SK and talked to some defectors who would be free to speak about the reality in NK. Wouldn't that be more useful and informative? I hardly ever get to hear anything from NK defectors and want to know what's actually going on in NK, not see some moron talk about how little NKs "with swords" were scared of the blonde lady.
Poor excuse for journalism. thumbsdown.gif
kunomchu
lol defectors do not give the whole reality. Why not ask people who are there right now? Why are you so defensive?
RentonWong
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Morgan25
QUOTE(kunomchu @ Oct 18 2006, 11:15 PM) *

lol defectors do not give the whole reality. Why not ask people who are there right now? Why are you so defensive?

Well I guess it's like asking former house guests (who may exaggerate a little) how the wifes cooking was rather than the husband while the wife is standing right there... if that makes sense biggrin.gif .
Why would you ask people there now? It seems to me that they'll just repeat what the NK prop says. I'm asking seriously, maybe I'm wrong here and this is a useful exercise.
Have you see the report? In one scene Sawyer is chasing little NKs around like a crazy person. Those kids'll probably go to school and tell all their friends that some crazy American witch was chasing them around. I can only imagine laugh.gif .
sfca-scot
QUOTE(kunomchu @ Oct 18 2006, 08:15 PM) *

lol defectors do not give the whole reality. Why not ask people who are there right now? Why are you so defensive?

Yeah you moron, i'm sure some North Korean peasant is gonna go on the record and speak out against the current regime... try and think of a quicker way to get rounded up by the dear leaders army and sent to a concentration camp, oh i'm sorry, sent to "re-education."
kunomchu
QUOTE(sfca-scot @ Oct 21 2006, 12:41 AM) *

Yeah you moron, i'm sure some North Korean peasant is gonna go on the record and speak out against the current regime... try and think of a quicker way to get rounded up by the dear leaders army and sent to a concentration camp, oh i'm sorry, sent to "re-education."


Woah there buddy, theres no need for that lol. It doesn't take a scientist to know that nk ain't going to speak up against the regime. Besides there are monitors that follow the reporters. Western journalists such as Diane sawyer know this. They are just observing the society from the outside.
A-Town
The defectors will tell you how bad it was (Thus why they left), and the people there will say it's so great (Because they'll get killed if they don't).

It's probably impossible to get an honest opinion. Only if N.K. is invaded, then the people living there could tell of the truth.

Same thing during Saddam's Iraq. People living there could only say good. Defectors could only say bad. Once Saddam was taken out, you get a mixed reaction from people in the country.
Morgan25
QUOTE(A-Town @ Oct 22 2006, 03:44 PM) *

The defectors will tell you how bad it was (Thus why they left), and the people there will say it's so great (Because they'll get killed if they don't).

It's probably impossible to get an honest opinion. Only if N.K. is invaded, then the people living there could tell of the truth.

Same thing during Saddam's Iraq. People living there could only say good. Defectors could only say bad. Once Saddam was taken out, you get a mixed reaction from people in the country.

This really reminds me of Dan Rather going to Iraq a little while before the invasion. ABC's basically serving as a conduit for NK to spread prop., disinformation, etc...
moj0e
Anyone watch this video about children in NK? If not >> here

It seems like a pretty bad situation..
Morgan25
QUOTE(moj0e @ Oct 23 2006, 03:49 PM) *

Anyone watch this video about children in NK? If not >> here

It seems like a pretty bad situation..

That's real journalism. Diane running around after little NKs and asking idiotic questions is not.
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