Listening to radio is interesting, like someone else in the room talking that you are trying to ignore, until they say something in a language you don’t understand. What did they say?
There was a time when some newscaster read a piece of script telling you the news, weather and sports in the same verbiage you understood from your schoolteacher. If something happened in a foreign land or even a different state, he or she wouldn’t try to fake an accent or speak in another tongue to relay the information.
It was pretty straightforward. The people in China are saying or the Prime Minster in a speech said was explained for someone else was there and heard the words and translated (and edited) and sent the transcription to the newscaster to tell you in plan words.
Now we have people recording the actual events and posting on news media. Not only are there music interludes (like a podcast)
There was a problem downtown and people started gathering. Our reporter asked a person ‘what was going on?’
The answer was “Žmonės bando rasti vietą automobiliui”
Our reporter, with the help of a local interpreter said, “These people are protesting the parking situation downtown.”
In another part of the world, there are sounds of gunshots and bombs bursting when our report ask a local information.
“Niekto robí frat párty a vymklo sa im to z rúk” but we are told that the army is invading the city square and killing all the citizens.
When asked a local Chinese resident about the virus the response is “这炒面好吗”
We all know what that means.
Do we believe what we are being told or what we are seeing anymore?
Ask anyone about this age and they have all been to Woodstock. Everyone has a story or an interpretation of reality and is more than willing to tell the camera or microphone.
Remember this..
Вы видите то, что хотите видеть, и слышите то, что хотите услышать
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