08-06-2020, 12:16 PM
Moved to "General Chat" Forum, because I want OldMeister to get a quality credit for his opening post.
I've got very skeptical feelings about the press. Like just to take the Corona Virus, the news reporting along the lines of conspiracy theories and slanted news is amazing. Stats are terrible. And problem is when your news presenters use so called experts and specialists to comment "with authority" on topics and some times it's so obvious how they want to influence the viewer in a certain track of thinking. Like CNN for example. The CNN is obviously Democratically motivated, but I find it pretty insulting how they are trying to push their political line down the world's throats as "fact".
So same thing about the nuclear blast. I know that in at least one country in the Middle East has been warning the US and the rest of the world of a nuclear blast happening in the Middle East for decades now as a way of getting sympathy from the US in supporting their cause. So I imagine in the same way the Media in that country has been used by politically motivated owners of the media to brain wash the public about "the nuclear blast to happen" has made that society receptive of discussing a possibility like that.
I agree with you @OldMeister. The possibility of it being a nuclear blast is almost impossible, except for the content of the rumour that has been created. The rumour is real. But if it had really been a nuclear blast, every one would have known for sure. I'm totally with @"Hidden Refuge" on this who as per usual has done a thorough quality research on the topic. This kind of blast has happened in almost every country in the world in some way or the other - like with chemical blasts due to bad maintenance, faulty equipment of human error. Except because this is Lebanon with its history of terrorism and civil unrest, and also lots of rumour mongering to brain wash people in politics, the worst is feared. Let's just hope the rumour of a nuclear blast doesn't become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I've got very skeptical feelings about the press. Like just to take the Corona Virus, the news reporting along the lines of conspiracy theories and slanted news is amazing. Stats are terrible. And problem is when your news presenters use so called experts and specialists to comment "with authority" on topics and some times it's so obvious how they want to influence the viewer in a certain track of thinking. Like CNN for example. The CNN is obviously Democratically motivated, but I find it pretty insulting how they are trying to push their political line down the world's throats as "fact".
So same thing about the nuclear blast. I know that in at least one country in the Middle East has been warning the US and the rest of the world of a nuclear blast happening in the Middle East for decades now as a way of getting sympathy from the US in supporting their cause. So I imagine in the same way the Media in that country has been used by politically motivated owners of the media to brain wash the public about "the nuclear blast to happen" has made that society receptive of discussing a possibility like that.
I agree with you @OldMeister. The possibility of it being a nuclear blast is almost impossible, except for the content of the rumour that has been created. The rumour is real. But if it had really been a nuclear blast, every one would have known for sure. I'm totally with @"Hidden Refuge" on this who as per usual has done a thorough quality research on the topic. This kind of blast has happened in almost every country in the world in some way or the other - like with chemical blasts due to bad maintenance, faulty equipment of human error. Except because this is Lebanon with its history of terrorism and civil unrest, and also lots of rumour mongering to brain wash people in politics, the worst is feared. Let's just hope the rumour of a nuclear blast doesn't become a self-fulfilling prophecy.