They simply cannot resist colouring up the (awful) reality. Do you remember "hospitals being unable to cope" with Covid19? Now the Lebanese hospitals are "unable to cope" with the results of the blast. Wonder whether they will build a dozen Nightingales? It really boggles the mind how politicians everywhere cannot resist exaggerating and following media inflation.

It's all mad innit?

Hmmmmm not sure this one fits your case JK. The public health minister has been the one to say there is not capacity and 4000 people were injured in the blast. I think the politicians are leading here...

But yes of course the media will colour it up. My favourite is The Sun which describes the blast as "...a fith of the power of Hiroshima!".

I'm pleased to announce today that I am a fith as handsome as Paul Newman was!

As to your conclusion yes we are all following white rabbits at the moment...

Ah but you see as with sex claims; everyone involved has learned you need to exaggerate and inflate. Police do it; tell false accusers to do it; lawyers then do it more; judges do it. It is relentless, everywhere. Why? Because it's a better story.

JK2006 wrote:
Ah but you see as with sex claims; everyone involved has learned you need to exaggerate and inflate. Police do it; tell false accusers to do it; lawyers then do it more; judges do it. It is relentless, everywhere. Why? Because it's a better story.

It is not a good story if people have learned to read it with a pinch of salt and ignore.

JK2006 wrote:
Ah but you see as with sex claims; everyone involved has learned you need to exaggerate and inflate. Police do it; tell false accusers to do it; lawyers then do it more; judges do it. It is relentless, everywhere. Why? Because it's a better story.

Just because everyone else does it doesn't justify you doing the same. I agree the media exaggerates but so do you and through the years its been pretty consistent.

The situation in Beirut is tragic and so bad it is actually difficult to exaggerate
135 dead, 5,000 wounded in a country with 85% devaluation of currency. Unemployment between 40% and 60% Hyperinflation. Overcrowded hospitals due to Covid-19 Corrupt Government etc etc etc

The media didn't cause all this. JK sometimes you should just show some humility and compassion and stop trying to demonise the media and blame them for everything. By publishing you are part of the media and by publishing just biased one sided views you are part of the bad media.

These days organisations take things "extremely seriously". Seriously is not enough. Who cares? Well, when it affects the course of justice and directs political laws and rules, it matters a lot. Because the constant inflation with words leads to constant inflation in action. The entire Covid19 virus problem is far less serious than painted by media and dealt with by every single country. The PanicDemic has produced devastating problems, worse by miles than the virus itself.

You are unbelievable. Even in times of mass suffering you won’t admit you might have misread the situation even slightly and continue to bang the drum the same way every time. Even if someone was suspicious of the words of the media the photos and videos from Beirut tell the story of a real disaster of a massive scale. Making every story to be about yourself and your personal agenda doesn’t help win any sympathy for your cause.

You are totally believable and predictable BB; you see and read what you want to and what you are told and ignore the reality. I'm sure you love the Emperor's new suit.

Beirut is a ghastly disaster; just not as bad as media painted.
Lebanon suffered from Covid19; just nowhere near as badly as media hyped.


It's serious. Just not extremely serious.

Extremely serious is the Rohingya situation which you and other gullibles prefer to avoid noticing, changing or helping.

JK2006 wrote:

It's serious. Just not extremely serious.



135 dead, 5,000 wounded and hundreds of million of dollars of destructions in a country with 85% devaluation of currency. Unemployment between 40% and 60% Hyperinflation. Overcrowded hospitals due to Covid-19, Corrupt Government etc etc etc

I think that is an extremely serious situation for any country. That conclusion of course would require you to admit you werte wrong which given your track record isn't going to happen

This was a text message I sent a friend of mine..

It was once the Monte Carlo of the Middle East.. now the infrastructure is hopeless, so is the government.. the currency has devalued by 80% they have no electricity for 16 hours a day (they all use diesel generators if they have the money for fuel) none of the traffic lights work would you believe as the government can’t pay the bills.. and now the Port of Beirut has been blown up...

Well I'd consider it extremely serious if I lived in Beirut BB just as I'd consider Covid19 extremely serious if I was dying from it. I'd consider it extremely serious if I was now out of work and penniless and developed a cough and a fever. I'd consider it extremely serious if I was diagnosed with cancer. So you are right, as you live in Beirut; it is extremely serious. Otherwise you'd just be sucking up media exaggeration, pretending to care about people you don't know and don't mind about, hypocritically pretending to be a deeply caring person, enjoying the drama and getting your kicks by how dreadful it all is for those poor Lebanese before going off to the pub to discuss football. Wanker.