Social media is a nightmare!  I only dip in every now and then, and there is so much misinformation spreading, especially considering that most of my contacts on Facebook are educated, professional people.   But it's so easy to be manipulated (I admit to having bought something that appeared to be targetted at me on social media - something "eco".  So I'm not claiming any superiority over other people who have fallen for these things), and also be influenced by "recommendations" from "friends" whose opinion you respect. 

SusiGo wrote:

I think there is a strong tendency of lying and overplaying today, especially in social media. Some days ago a right-wing German politician was attacked from behind in the street and suffered bad head injuries. Only hours later his party posted that it had been terrorists from left who had used a squared timber to beat him and who had kicked his head after he fell down. Turns out that no one knows so far who they were, no weapon was used, there have been no kicks to the head. But once published, these things stay in people's mind.
 

Well, the post by the party probably took its fact from the media which reported kicks to the head in their first announcements about the incident (Die Welt, for example).

The wound to the head of Frank Magnitz looks really nasty on photographs, it was most likely caused by some weapon? He didn´t inflict it on himself when falling or did he?

Also, there allegedly were witnesses to the incident. Some construction worker or two of them... what did they see? Didn´t they inform the police about the thugs beating Magnitz with a cudgel or a wooden bar?

Count to this the fact that merely two days ago the office of the same political party was attacked with a bomb....

All in all,it´s just normal balance of probabilities.... people believe the version which appears the most likely based on the facts that are on hand in this stage of investigation.

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Nakahara, I wouldn't watch it as a documentary - it's a film with a story, a dramatisation of real events.   To be fair, it's stated in the film that the parliamentary hearing is imaginary (as it's taking place in 2020!).  However, I think the most outrageous things in it are true!  (The bus, etc.). 

Liberty wrote:

Nakahara, I wouldn't watch it as a documentary - it's a film with a story, a dramatisation of real events.   To be fair, it's stated in the film that the parliamentary hearing is imaginary (as it's taking place in 2020!).  However, I think the most outrageous things in it are true!  (The bus, etc.). 

I second that.
I've been following the news coverage since my already paid-for trip depends on the outcome. The dramatisation in the movie is quite obvious, like with some characters' exaggeration, but facts remain facts, like misleading people with the NHS logo.

besleybean wrote:

Yeah but as ever, the truth remains...regardless of what people 'believe'.

Of course, but until the truth is revealed through the process of a proper investigation, the police works with hypotheses about the criminal deed. If some of these are reported to the media, yes, it could happen that some facts (that prove untrue later) will stick in the mind of the public.... still, that´s a risk one must count with.

To be silent about the matter alltogether until the investigation is finished (which could take months, years even) is not very feasible....

Therefore, I would not solely blame social media for this, tbh.
 

Last edited by nakahara (January 10, 2019 9:38 pm)

Thank you and good, aren't they?

I believe they were deleted from the British version...is that right, guys?

I don't remember them, either!

Yeah, I know...
Annoys me when it was Brit made show about UK politics...
But there you go!
Incidentally, I do have the DVD...
If I could bother myself to watch it, possibly I would see a difference?

Yeah, good point. That is interesting.
I get their importance, but I don't think they were well-executed. I don't know if I would have missed them if they weren't there, but they do provide balance to the characters.

Last edited by Yitzock (January 28, 2019 9:22 pm)