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Web Quest Essay **"Truth is always the first casualty of history"** There is always going to be truth and there will always be lies. One thing that will always be true is that newspapers will always be biased. Bias means that someone is influenced one way or another. In the Iraqi-American war, someone can either be going for the Iraqis or going for the Americans. Media is always biased to make some things look better than they actually are. A countries actions can be legitimized by the media by the media being biased to make the actions look better than they actually are. If America caused mass destruction to Iraq, the media makes it seem like America is always doing what is right and that they were actually helping the Iraqis, not causing mass destruction. The Iraqi media influences other people to believe that America is horrible and they are just creating a dangerous place for the Iraqi citizens. Lots of different historical events are portrayed differently by different people because of bias. If you read about the American Revolution, you will see that there is things that say Britain did what was right and America was wrong, or America was right and Britain was wrong. These people could either be right or wrong but, they are on these two different sides because of the influence of the media. Media has a big impact on people. Most of the time, the media is wrong. They just want you to believe the information that makes people look better. In the war, America supposedly helped the Iraqis by taking the statue of Saddam Hussein down with a ton of the citizens watching. It turns out that other media revieled that most of those "citizens" were just people from the media. Media will always be in our lives. Media will always be biased. The hard part about all of this is that we are the ones that have to determine whether the information is true or unreal. You might never know, but you can try anyway. Hopefully, now you know that media will always biased.
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 * 1 || 1 || The types of media that I can think of are Newspaper,Internet, Magazines, TV, Radio. ||
 * 1 || 2 || Newspapers are made to inform you of the latest news. Internet is used to spread the news worldwide. Magazines are meant to entertain or inform you of different things like, new styles or politics, it just depends on what magazine that you are reading. TV tells you of the latest news around your area, about the news of your country, and about the world. Radio also serves the same purpose as TV except for the fact that there is no video. ||
 * 1 || 3 || The media is influenced by the political, economical, and social factors by they always talk about or keep you updated on these types of things because this is what is going on in our country. Some other things that influence the media are celebrities, citizens, and new ideas. ||
 * 1 || 4 || I think the effects on those groups of people that are not represented by these media stories and those who portray them are that they would have a different point of view so that it would be biased and not all the way true. ||
 * 2 || 1 || In this video, there are two sides. In the American video, they are making it seem like the Americans are doing what is right and that the Iraqis are wrong. In the Iraqi video, they are showing all kinds of bloodshed and innocent deaths committed by the American troops. ||
 * 2 || 2 || Iraqi culture is very interesting. Iraq has many different religions. One of them is the Islamic religion. Iraq is very Islamic, like 97% Islamic. Being Islamic means that you believe that god is one and that he can't be compared to anything else imaginable. It also means that you believe that your purpose of existence is to worship God. Some of the major cities in Iraq are Baghdad, Mosul, and Basrah. Baghdad has 5,605,000 people in it. That is all in one city.The Iraqi government was a dictatorship at the time of the war controlled by Saddam Hussein, but now it is a democracy very similar to the U.S. government in that they have they have the branches of government too. Iraq's social structure is made up of many different types of people from the same religion. It is mostly overtaken by the Sunni Arab population. ||
 * 2 || 3 || There are two sides to every story. In resource 2 the pictures are portraying the same event but on the two different sides of the story. If you look at the American pictures, it is making it seem like the Americans are the heros and that they did everything right. In the Iraqi pictures it is showing you how the Americans were making it look better than it actually was. ||
 * 2 || 4 || Choices were made by both sides of the argument in depicting the war in Iraq. American newspapers would often show close ups on crowds to make them appear larger. Sometimes they would also say that some of the many civilians killed could have been insurgents or terrorists themselves so that they could not attract much attention to it. The videos from the United States often showed US soldiers aiding civilians and fighting enemies, when many Iraqi videos showed US planes bombing the same innocent civilians from collateral damage. ||
 * 2 || 5 || This information affects many Americans understanding of the war in Iraq. It shows that there are two sides to every event, even when one side is much larger then then the other. It shows that the government and media can edit information if they are willing to. It also proves that in some cases, the government is willing to make up scapegoats to advance and complete their own goals. ||
 * 2 || 6 || Many choices were made by the media on how they would make the event appear to both the American and Middle Eastern people. The media of the US decided to omit much information and evidence of civilian casualties and atrocities committed by the United States. They also were able to convey information that was fact into an almost opinionated view point. For example, the media would often show information, but twist it in their own way to show a different story. The Iraqi media often would do almost the same thing, but in the opposite view point. They would show plenty of videos of civilian causalities and destruction to local area, but would avoid many good things about the Iraq war. However, the Iraqi media often acted as an enemy to the US media to try and make sure that the truth about civilian deaths were heard. ||
 * 2 || 7 || I believe the newspaper images were doctored so that they could show one of the two viewpoints. They wanted the event to appear to be huge and well liked by many Iraqis living there. However, the truth was that many people were either scared or hated the event and therefore did not show up. Instead of the media simply not reporting on the event, they decided to edit the event to fit their needs and viewpoints. This would reward them with money and support for the US involvement in foreign nations, even when many people who lived in Iraq and the area around it wanted them out. By reporting the event falsely they not only lie to the American people, but they also act carelessly about the Iraqi opinions, which this war was supposedly about. ||
 * 2 || 8 || The purpose that the newspapers doctored image was that they wanted to have support for the US involvement in Iraq. They also knew that it would make them money because of how popular the event would be if it was like they said. They knew that if they reported the event as it was, it would show the exact opposite of what they wanted and most people would not be interested in it. ||
 * 2 || 9 || The media and the government both gain from these pictures. The media gains money for making a popular news article which was talked about for days. The government gains support for the war as they see that the Iraqis want there involvement in the picture. However, the truth is much different if it was to be reported. ||
 * 2 || 10 || I think that an altered image can change history and has. I believe that at anytime where both the media and government lies to you, it should be a big event in history as it shows a lack of trust between the government and its people. It also shows an agenda created by either group for their own purpose. An altered image could also change history by editing the way we think about an event, once we know the pictures were edited themselves. ||
 * 3 || 1 || Jordan & I got newspaper covers numbers 7&8. The first picture is The Rocky Mountain News. The RMN is an American Newspaper. The second picture is The Sydney Morning Harold. The SMH is an Australian Newspaper. In the American newspaper, There is a huge picture and a huge title with no information, whereas the Australian paper, it has a normal sized heading, a normal sized picture, and some information to go with it. Another thing that is different is that the American paper is based on the American victory and the Australian paper is based on the Iraqi loss. ||
 * 3 || 2 || The audiences that read these newspapers are the citizens of these countries. They are influenced towards whatever is written in these papers. ||
 * 3 || 3 || In the RMN, they are making it seem like the Iraqis are the bad guys. Which they are sort of, but they are making it seem like it was all of their fault. In the SMH, they make it seem like the US is the bad guy. In a way these two are both right, but in a way these two are both wrong. The RMN is leaving out the devastation suffered by the Iraqis and the SMH is leaving out the good things that America is doing. ||