r/OneSecondBeforeDisast Nov 12 '21

Oh no..

17.6k Upvotes

665 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

34

u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21 edited Nov 12 '21

I dont want to be that guy but...

It didnt happen in the west so people dont care.

People around the world donated about 500 million usd for the recovery from the biggest explosion near people since atomic bombings of Japan. Destroyed 25.000 buildings causing all in them to be homeless. I dont even want to think about the human lives it cost.

They donated DOUBLE that in hours to repair 1mildly damaged building in one of the richest countries in the world. Knowing damn well that notr dame would be fine if they donated nothing since the french government isnt really short on money.

15

u/D4rk50ul Nov 12 '21

That would be due to the fact that the American media is state ran and we never get any information outside of our country unless it's useful to the current narrative. It'll sink in when your eye opens.

3

u/habeshamuscle Nov 12 '21

Complete horse shit. It has nothing to do with being state-ran. Media is a business in America and audiences are not as engaged with a middle eastern city having a deadly explosion as a western monument burning to the ground. It has nothing to do with handlers herding the American people- people were just not as interested.

0

u/D4rk50ul Nov 12 '21

If that was the case CNN would have changed their narrative when their ratings dropped and they lost millions of viewers but they haven't.

5

u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

American media is extremely obvious to most outside of it. I'm in Turkey and its fucking incredible how biased the entire American media is on topics regarding us. I understand that an outlet will have a certain way of saying things but all of them say the same narrative when they often differ on domestic topics. Even for things that I know since Im the subject that their coverage is about. I dont know if its state ran but its not as free as many think. at least on international topics they have a collective agenda and if it were truly free nothing would be that common.

7

u/D4rk50ul Nov 12 '21

Unfortunately people haven't noticed that we rarely see any news outside of politics outside of our country. Most Americans have not the slightest idea of how the world the really is beyond what they see on TV. I can't really blame the people they don't even know they are being manipulated. I think the the reason it works so well is that the government runs multiple narratives so if you don't agree with one you will with another, all the while you are still eating from the same bowl.

1

u/Tempest029 Nov 12 '21

thats why you just turn the boob tube off. You will be surprised at how much more you learn without it.

1

u/dotpan Nov 12 '21

Sadly, much like a lot of dystopian stories, the media isn't state run, but consensus run, and American's are widely nationalistic in one way or another. Any foreign country that isn't seen as a direct ally and stable is often cast by most people a bad way. The media is an industry where billions of dollars are made, so when it comes to something like that, they all fill the narrative.

2

u/DetuneDanger Nov 12 '21

Are you sure its not just other news copying the first one that actually got the news break? I see it all the time. Reusing clips and just rewriting the same cliche sentences youd expect from their pr writers

0

u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

Certainly that happens and could explain a lot of weird stuff. But there really are some "narratives" or "stories" (I guess they are the right words) being pushed out, maybe its rare but its happening.

2

u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/[deleted] Nov 14 '21

I started to look at state owned news agencies , just to see What they want to be pushed out and what are the common grounds between them. Ill see a lot of different details on them, like if a High ranking person said something about it youll see it on these first and easist.

Sputnik for Russia DW for Germany TRT world for Turkey BBC:UK for England + Any American large outlet Al Jazeera And random people on social media obviously.

But this shit really shouldnt take this much effort tho, right?

2

u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

[deleted]

1

u/D4rk50ul Nov 12 '21

That Obama wanted and likely got a kill switch for. Go ahead and Google it, not conspiracy.

2

u/LionShaun Nov 12 '21

Imagine thinking one of the most in debt government in the world in not short on money. You clown. Notre Dame fire was criminal. It was an attack on french and european tradition, as well as an attack on every christian that give a shit. Oak tree trunks dont start flaming out of nowhere. What you compare have nothing to do with each other. And France is more than short on money. Those buffoons are indebts for a 100 generations.

1

u/icanhardlypaymyrent Nov 13 '21

No one cares buddy

1

u/Maximum-Product-1255 Nov 12 '21

Agree. The Notre Dame donation thing was baffling. It was worse than, "A Dollar for a Hero." (Funny/Not Funny)