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Originally Posted by that_guy
aca and today tonight is very one sided when it comes to current affairs...
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Exactly right.
How many times do we see how some group of people - usually pensioners or people with more money than sense - bleating on about about how their 'investment' in Honest Joe's XYZ 200% Return Scheme didn't work out, - and how they've all lost their entire life savings as a result.
These people shouldn't have been allowed to have money in the first place if they're that easily persuaded to part with it
What really annoys me is the way ACA et al always tell these stories like the participants were somehow forced into these schemes against their will. Like they didn't have a brain or something. These people are always driven by greed at this unrealistic expectation - and this is never pointed out. I would think the reporters have a duty to tell viewers that if you choose to be as stupid as these people were with their life savings, then you too can expect to loose everything just like they did! Well, that's the truth of the matter, and that would be the most effective way of reporting it.
It would, of course, ensure a deluge of calls from irrate people declaring their annoyance at having been sprung
On the subject of our alleged News programs, I think it's pathetic the number of times significant world events score less time than 'cat up the tree' type rubbish. It's deplorable. I watch the SBS World News which is quite good. And ALL sports news and reports should be in a separate spot, preferably around two in the morning when all normal people have gone to bed
And ne'er the twain shall meet !
Cheers