Zimbabwe

"For us as the MDC this is probably the darkest day of our lives, for the whole nation is waiting." ~ Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, talking after a failed meeting with President Mugabe to try to form a united government

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[lairdofgarscaddon]

Okay, these comments seem to be centering around this: the media is painting a picture for us. Well, first of all, is it the media's job to give us all the contexts required to understand a current event? If it were, it would really leave room for subjectivity, because it's impossible to get a holistic picture of history anyway. Take any two professors who specialize in the Civil War, for example, and they will have completely different opinions on what caused it...

[lairdofgarscaddon]

The media's job, ideally, is to say what is merely happening, right here, right now. They are supposed to be objective and observing. It's true that I don't have a good understanding of Zimbabwean history to maybe get a feel for how things got to where they are now. However, the fact remains that they are human beings who are suffering. I am concerned for them, and I only know of current events there. It's enough for me to raise awareness about the country. But I am also interested in history, 2

[lairdofgarscaddon]

by "context", I mean: historical context, sociological context, etc.

[Gunderson002]

Why did you not mention Mugabe's crimes against humanity?

[machipisazim]

I do not hate you I know how the media can play with our minds. It is impossible to understand what is happening in Zimbabwe without understanding the history of the country. If you only have your media to learn about Africa you will not help but fuel wars.

[machipisazim]

Didn't your media cronies miscall an election (2000)? Didn't your administration fly people abroad to be tortured? Didnt your administration get a 1200 page Act voted through unread by frightened members of congress? Didn't your army invade and terrorise a nation forcing millions to flee in terror? Didn't your media hypnotise 70% of the population into thinking Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11.

[machipisazim]

Today Africa has a lot of problems but why is Zimbabwe the only phenomenon in Africa that impacts the quality of EU & US politics or the? Why your media loves Zimbabwe When Nigerias opposition parties rejected the result of the presidential election won by Umaru Musa YarAdua, saying it was rigged the international community pretended they had gone on holiday. Over 200 Nigerians died in election violence, why? Dont Nigerians deserve more democracy?

[machipisazim]

Increasingly the emphasis worldwide has shifted from the democratic electoral process to an anti-democratic and sinister notion called regime change. The massively popular President Hugo Chavez was temporarily unseated from power by a disgruntled middle class that controlled the Venezuelan oil industry. USA welcomed the short-lived government of Pedro Carmona but the Venezuelan people demanded the return of their president and Hugo Chavez was re-instated amid disapproving rumblings from the USA

[the3hol]

This goes back to the civil war and the west's insistance that the white rule be ejected. The support of Europe and the US for revolution has ended thus.

[Bobsbeentaken]

Your quite welcome.