You hear a story on the news and instant reactions come with hearing it. Lately for me it has been, okay so whats the real truth? I was in Com 265 last semester and we watched this piece about Enron and how they were telling the information in their own way to make sure that they did not seem like they were doing anything wrong. In reality though they were become bankrupt by millions of dollars and having scandals all over the place. We were also shown the movie about FOX news and how they are not all as cracked up as they should be. It was crazy to see what was actually cut out of news broadcast and how they made it seem like a totally different story in order to get what they wanted you to see.
Right after watching the 60 minutes I thought if this was the whole truth or if this was just one biases look at the story. I know that 60 minutes is supposed to be a credible source and that they want you to believe everything you see on there is true, but in hindsight they make you see what they want you to believe. They are able to cut out put together different pieces to make it look a certain way when they air it. They made you feel sympathy for the people of Ecuador, which after what happened you feel like you should feel bad. This was my first reaction after watching the segment about Ecuador and Chevron.
Then we watched the second video and my entire opinion changed about 60 minutes. I dont know if it was right or not but it did certaintly change. After watching Chevrons version of what happened it was easy to see that they didnt really have any hard facts like 60 minutes did. When they interviewed people, they called themselves "experts" and it was only Chevrons "experts". How are we supposed to know if they are really experts, we should just believe it because they tell us to. At least with 60 minutes they interviewed the farmer who talked about the pollution ruining his fields and what not and then they interviewed the Indians that lived in the lands and also the head lady for Chevron. Oh and by the way who I wanted to slap in the face when she was on 60 minutes.
I am not sure who is right in this story and what really happened over ten years ago but it seems like 60 minutes was able to deliver hard-hitting facts racther than just out-lashing and saying its not their fault like Chevron did. When they did their side of the story it just made me more irritated by the situation for how they presented their information. I don't know if my feelings would have been different if I had watched their side first and then watched 60 minutes, but all in all I still feel that Chevron should take blame for what has happened in Ecuador.
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