Thread: Life in the USA as viewed by the DPRK TV.

Originally Posted by Hanna

...It's real footage from the USA. You can see regular people and cars in the background and I don't think anybody seriously questions that there is a problem with homelessness in the USA.

You are right, there is. And sadly I believe that there is a problem with homelessness in almost every society. Not sure about Scandinavian countries. Unfortunately our forum is not able to fix or change anything that is wrong in the world and it is not even our mission.

Originally Posted by Lampada

You are right, there is. And sadly I believe that there is a problem with homelessness in almost every society. Not sure about Scandinavian countries. Unfortunately our forum is not able to fix or change anything that is wrong in the world and it is not even our mission.

Lampada, that comment of hers doesn't seem to be something one would have to take seriously. Neither is anyone who takes that "footage" seriously. That's the dumbest thing I've seen in my life. From the OP's perspective (that it's supposed to give one a good laugh), it's justified though =) That phrase that, "the U.S. homeless get humanitarian aid from North Korea" made my day

By the way, I really doubt it's the U.S. in the scene. It looks more like a poor east European country.

Originally Posted by Lampada

You are right, there is. And sadly I believe that there is a problem with homelessness in almost every society. Not sure about Scandinavian countries.

Mentally ill people and some extreme alcoholics for sure.
But the system is relatively good at picking up most people who are prepared to make a minimal effort to get off the street.
It used to be much better but at least the basics are still working.

And yeah, definitely: North Korean TV is just choosing to show mostly BAD things from the USA.

And the USA is doing the same thing in regards to North Korea. Only showing bad things. It's not all bad.

It's not so much propaganda, as being very selective about what you show in the news.

The news in the USA will report what that Michael Jackson's daughter ran away from home. But ignore that 1000s of kids in the Appalachians are poisoned and get cancer from the mining industry there. Or that 1000s of kids are losing their homes every day.

Before we judge North Korea's TV, we should question how partial we are....