A Current Affair and Jeep

Submitted: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 19:35
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What is it with television stations and dramatizing stories?

The advertised for the last 3 days about this vehicle that is available and is common in Australia “that could be a ticking time bomb”.

On tonight’s edition the had a story about a Jeep Grand Cherokee catching on fire, not a bad thing to let the public know, Daimler Chrysler Australia had a independent forensic expert check the vehicle out and he said “the fuel vapor line may of came of and caused the fire” fair enough, the NRMA who the vehicle was insured with said “we can not determined the cause due to the severity of the fire damage” again fair enough, but then Channel Seven got their own experts in the debate as to why it caught on fire and the experts conclusion was “it may never happen again”.

Well that was not good enough for Channel Seven, the came to their own conclusion that Jeep should do a recall because it could happen to other Jeeps and then they dragged all the old recalls from Jeep and some other manufactures as well.

Then the accused York Motors in Sydney of doing fault work.

The reporter should do crime investigation shows, and then he can dramatize as much as he wants.

I think I am slowly giving up on the media; it seems every story has to be made bigger, faster, more flashing lights then what it really is.

They pick on 4wd’s, trucks, hoon drivers and any thing else that moves…. What happened in the old days when the story was told like it happened?

Can someone tell me the difference between drama, sci fi and news reports!

Anything for a cheap buck.

Now should we start a debate about ……oh lets see….politics

Regards Richard
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Reply By: Gramps (NSW) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 19:39

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 19:39
I believe sci-fi ..... it's the ONLY truth :)))))
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Follow Up By: mike w (WA) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:07

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:07
Sounds good, where do I sign up??
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:33

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:33
Easy! Send $5000 in small denomination non-sequential Australian or US bank notes to Bonz at Terang and I will arrange membership.

Of course once approved you will be notified temporally so only you know your application has been approved.
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Reply By: Kumunara (NT) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 19:59

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 19:59
Olcoolone

The TV media are out to sell entertainment. Some tend to stretch the truth. I have in the past given out media releases and what is reported in the media is entirely different. I have also had other media give out exactly what was in the release.

In all groups there are good and bad. Unfortunately the good media also lose credibility because of the the bad.

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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:34

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 20:34
Some S T R E T C H the truth, others wouldnt know it is it bit them on the coit
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 23:06

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 23:06
this is a form of media also, and there is certainly some "truth stretching" on here on a regular basis!
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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 07:51

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 07:51
Bonz - what has Russell got to do with this?

But having said that our last trip away would probably have gone better if we had used "All Aussie Adventures" as a training video.

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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 17:32

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 17:32
Fisho, this isnt media this is conversational information sharing, althought I agree there maybe OR may NOT be some truth stretching happening from time to time.
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:21

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:21
even talking is a form of media.

isnt talkback radio "conversational information sharing" also?
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:46

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:46
Media Definition

MEDIA (singular medium) are the print (newspaper, magazines, etc.) and electronic (radio and television) communication devices used for advertising.

Media isnt just communication, its communication with an ulterior purpose.

At EO we have an EXTERIOR purpose hehehehehe
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:29

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:29
singular medium-its whatever form used between 2 end points, whether its voice, tv, newspaper, phsycic, internet, 2-way, smoke signals, a couple of fingers stuck up in the air, they are all the medium (media)used for communication.
But who gives a toss, it was only a lighthearted comment and not worth getting bent out of shape over!
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 21:01

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 21:01
Richard,

Not a good choice of title content mate.

"A Current Affair" is on Channel 9.
"Today Tonight" is on Channel 7.

Having cleared that up, I'm in total agreement with you. In an attempt to increase ratings over their opposition, these media mongrels with fabricate things and distort facts, for their own purposes. They never let boring truth fizzle the story.

The fact is, they just turn me right off. I'd sooner be surfing ExplorOz where nothing like this ever happens, or I bury my head in a good book.
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Follow Up By: Olcoolone (SA) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:21

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:21
Soooo is there anything wrong with s t r e t c h i n g the truth abit!

Regards Richard
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Nullagine) - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 21:06

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 21:06
just like junk food or 4wd mags - you know it is crap but do it anyway best savoured at the time then discarded.
Wait till they expose a subject you know a bit about then you relise how full of crap they are
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Reply By: Auntie - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 22:22

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 22:22
Channels 7 and 9 are getting like the Labour and Liberal parties. Whatever story one of them covers, the other will find a different point of view. Just like the recent John Jarret incident recently. One channel took his side, and the other his tennants. Get far better news via this means.
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Reply By: Member - steve F (WA) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 03:47

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 03:47
GEE ,I'M GLAD I'VE GOT A NISSAN
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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 08:11

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 08:11
It's called infotainment for a good reason.
10% information, 90% --------
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Reply By: Time - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 08:30

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 08:30
If you want news and information watch ABC or SBS, but still keep your grain of salt handy. If you want cheap sensationalist crap without any relationship to fact or truth watch a commercial station.
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Reply By: robak (QLD) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 09:15

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 09:15
Currant Affairs shows are about as real as Big Brother.
The only reason the're on, is because people like watching crap.
Turn it off.
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Reply By: kiwicol - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 15:23

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 15:23
a couple of weeks ago there was a news report on trucks in melborne and they had a camera in a ladies small car filming out the back at a truck following her on one of the freeways the woman was saying she was travelling at 80 ks and the truck was right up her klacker which was parly right as the truck was getting closer and then dropping back which i put down to the lady driver being more interested in the rear vision mirror that she didnt realise her speed was going up and down by maybe 5-6 ks thus the poor old trucky gets the blame as he has to ajust to her erractic driving this is all happening in the right hand lane so the trucky indicates to the left and starts to move into the left lane at the same time a meercedes car moves from the left hand lane into the same lane the trucky is going the truck clips the right rear of the car which then turns it side ways into the front of the truck and gets pushed along side ways for quite a distance the camera in the front car catches this footage and turns onto the lady driver who is now watching in the rear vision mirror and not the road ahead abusing the truck driver the camera crew later caught up with the merc driver and every body put all the blame on the trucky what made me laugh was the merc driver saying the only thing that saved his life was he was driving a merc im a trucky and have had the same thing happen with a little old lady in a old laser and she survived shacken no injuries and only a small ding on the car the media said they will give the film to the coppers so the trucky can be done but from what i saw it was the medias fault along with lady driver in front of the truck. Col
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Follow Up By: Olcoolone (SA) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:29

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:29
I take it you mean the lady driving the car who was talking on the camera.....that lady was a Journo....they we out looking for trouble.

The strange thing about this is the truck was a Freightliner (Freightliner is owned by Damiler Chrysler) same as the car......I would put it down to to children having a tussle......a brother sister thing.

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Follow Up By: robak (QLD) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:47

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 16:47
An English professor wrote the words:
"A woman WITHOUT HER MAN IS nothing," on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
All the males in the class wrote:
"A woman, WITHOUT HER MAN, IS NOTHING."
All the females in the class wrote:
"A woman: WITHOUT HER, MAN IS NOTHING."

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Reply By: Robin - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:37

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:37
I see tonight Richard that ch 7 carried reports with video of two more jeeps burning to the ground from owners who thought theirs was a "one off case " as well, until they saw the first report.

The federal minster chris pearce has now ordered an ACC investigation

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:01

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:01
did you see the joke "WHISTLE BLOWER" cop on there tonight?

It wasnt a story, just some tart talkin for a few mins.. no start, and no end to the "story", just the middle WOW bit, which wasnt anything news to anyone.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:00

Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:00
>>> I think I am slowly giving up on the media;

Your slow...
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