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yestolerancepro · 7 months

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Jumping the shark the Tolerance Project and the Jaws Franchise.

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

To read an article from the website Movieweb about the 10 biggest differances between the book by Peter Benchley and the Jaws film click here https://movieweb.com/jaws-biggest-differences-between-movie-and-book/

Also Do sharks really grow to the the great big size that we see in the Jaws film click on the article bellow for your answer https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/do-great-white-sharks-really-get-as-big-as-jaws

Why does the shark in the Jaws film attack Amity island ?

The answer to that question is answered in this article from the fan website The Daily Jaws https://thedailyjaws.com/blog/extremely-rare-for-these-waters-why-did-the-shark-in-jaws-choose-amity-island

Shot mostly on location at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, Jaws was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean and consequently had a troubled production, going over budget and schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided mostly to suggest the shark's presence, employing an ominous and minimalist theme created by composer John Williams to indicate its impending appearances. Spielberg and others have compared this suggestive approach to that of director Alfred Hitchcock. Universal Pictures' release of the film to over 450 screens was an exceptionally wide release for a major studio picture at the time, and it was accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign that heavily emphasized television spots and tie-in merchandise.

Regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history, Jaws was the prototypical summer blockbuster, and won several awards for its music and editing. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars two years later; both films were pivotal in establishing the modern Hollywood business model, which pursues high box-office returns from action and adventure films with simple high-concept premises, released during the summer in thousands of theaters and advertised heavily.

Jaws the perfect Horror film

I myself don’t class Jaws 1975 or its sequels as a horror film feel free to disagree with me the Callider film website wrote an article called 25 movies that are perfect from start to finish Jaws 1975 was on the list at number 1 Callider explained why Jaws was number on their list.

Predating Star Wars by two years, Jaws is often considered the original Hollywood blockbuster. It was a movie that established an already accomplished Steven Spielberg as an undisputed master filmmaker, and it remains his most exciting thriller. As far as the plot goes, it almost couldn't be simpler, as Jaws follows three men who set out to kill a monstrous shark that's been terrorizing a seaside town during the summer holiday season.

No dinosaur movie has ever been as good as Spielberg's Jurassic Park, and similarly, no other shark movie has ever come close to touching Jaws. It's a movie that works wonders with a direct premise that in lesser hands would feel generic, underwhelming, or predictable, and every minute here proves engrossing. It's a movie that's perfectly cast, perfectly paced, and perfectly directed by a remarkably young Spielberg (he wasn't even 30 at the time of its release). In essence, Jaws is - without a doubt - simply perfect.

Jaws the Music and creating that theme

John Williams composed the film's score, which earned him an Academy Award and was later ranked the sixth-greatest score by the American Film Institute.[75][76] The main "shark" theme, a simple alternating pattern of two notes—variously identified as "E and F"[77] or "F and F sharp"[78]—became a classic piece of suspense music, synonymous with approaching danger[79] (see leading-tone). in the film the theme is simply discribed as Main title / First Victim to listen to it click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX3bN5YeiQs&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=343

Williams described the theme as "grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual, relentless, unstoppable."[80] The piece was performed by tuba player Tommy Johnson. When asked by Johnson why the melody was written in such a high register and not played by the more appropriate French horn, Williams responded that he wanted it to sound "a little more threatening".[81] When Williams first demonstrated his idea to Spielberg, playing just the two notes on a piano, Spielberg was said to have laughed, thinking that it was a joke. As Williams saw similarities between Jaws and pirate movies, at other points in the score he evoked "pirate music", which he called "primal, but fun and entertaining".[74] Calling for rapid, percussive string playing, the score contains echoes of La mer by Claude Debussy as well of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.[78][82]

Steven Speilberg explains in this article for Fandomwire why he began to laugh when he first heard the famous Jaw theme https://fandomwire.com/i-began-to-laugh-steven-spielberg-thought-john-williams-pranked-him-after-first-hearing-the-iconic-jaws-theme-only-to-admit-his-mistake-later/

To watch a video called JAWS (1975) - WTF REALLY Happened To This Horror Movie? about the original Jaws film click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lW9MyhZGg8&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=318

The slash film website recently published a list of the top 10 best Jaws knock off/ spoofs reading this list which you can see by clicking here https://www.slashfilm.com/897480/the-best-jaws-knock-offs-ranked/#:~:text=The%20Best%20Jaws%20Knock-Offs%2C%20Ranked%201%201.%20Tremors,8.%20Grizzly%20Film%20Ventures%20International%20...%20More%20items

What do you think are the best films in the Jaws Franchise ?

The orignal Jaws film from 1975 was included on a list of film published by Screenrant of Franchises that peaked with their first film they said about Jaws.

One of the most important releases in movie history, the original Jaws, was credited with starting the summer blockbuster as audiences know it, and forever changing cinema. The highest-grossing movie of all time when it came out in 1975, Steven Spielberg’s epic tale of a killer shark who terrorized beachgoers was a sensational piece of action filmmaking that was as thrilling as it was terrifying. Three sequels were released, and its legacy can still be felt in recent films like The Meg, but the series peaked with the original. It is a classic horror film that cannot be replicated in any way or form.

Screenrant recently published an article called 10 films that deserved better sequels Jaws was included on thar list this is what Screenrant said about the Jaws sequels

Directed by Steven Spielberg, Jaws has been cited as one of the films that created the summer blockbuster, and set the tone for the success of Spielberg's career. It makes sense that producers wanted to capitalize on the attention that Jaws was receiving, but the many sequels that followed were consistently less effective than the original film. Though not the worst sequel overall, Jaws 2 set the tone for how filmmakers would approach the legacy of the franchise, and this should've been treated more carefully. Like many sequels, Jaws 2 falls prey to the mistake of following the same plot as the original, but not doing it as well.

I like Jaws I and 2 they are about the best the frachise has to offer.

Jaws 2 secretly has the most realestic shark screne according to this article on the ScreenRant website https://screenrant.com/jaws-2-realistic-shark-scene-diver-scare/

Talking about Jaws 2 the film celebrates its 45th Birthday this year The remind website published this article to celebrate its birthday https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/3744/jaws-2-1978-roy-scheider-john-williams/

Did you know that the first 2 Jaws films are number 2 and 3 in the list of highest grossing horror films of all time behind the 1973 film The Exorcist I know this sounds funny but I wouldn’t class the Jaws Franchise as Horror but thats just me you can read the full list by clicking here https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-highest-grossing-horror-movies-of-all-time/

JAWS III or is that JAWS 3D ? 1983

Jaws III aka Jaws 3D (depending on which version you are watching the 2D Television Version or 3D version) which people saw at the cinema is a bit of a mess.

You can read about Producer/Directors Joe Dantes orignal plans for Jaws III amd his unmade sequel Jaws 3 people 0 by clcking here click here https://theplaylist.net/joe-dante-unmade-jaws-sequel-20230721/

If anybody is reading this a question has anybody seen the orignal 3D version of the film what was it like? I imagine it was a rather strange expeireince the only 3D film I have seen was Captain EO at Disney land in California in 1989 and again at EuroDisney in the early 90s.

Jaws 4 The Revenge 1987

The follow up Jaws 4 The Revenge is a little bit of an improvement on III but not by much . I find Jaws 4 the Revenge a rather strange title I never knew great big white sharks had such strong emotions.

I saw the film when it was shown on the television the best thing in it is Micheal Caine who played Hoagie Newcombe in the film. and as the story goes he accepted the part in the film to pay for his mothers house lol

There was even a Jaws computer game to tie in with Jaws 4 the Revenge it wasn’t very good by all accounts you can find a video about it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-ILuDLuUk&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=319

For more context on what makes Jaws III and 4 so bad watch this video exploring those terrible Jaws sequels by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ta3vhzIfE&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=336

Did you know that Jaws 4 the Revenge has the Dubious honor of having one of the lowest scores ever on the film rating site Rottern Tomatoes the Game rant website published the story here https://gamerant.com/jaws-revenge-0-rotten-tomatoes/

Jaws and the the Tolerance film

We didn’t see the famous great white shark in the Tolerance film but we did hear him

We used the famous Jaws theme twice in the Tolerance film once when Robert is nearly knocked over by a passing car only to be saved by a passer by

And the 2nd time time as a spoof with a slight nod to Jurassic Park to introduce the man with a hellium voice Mr Grosenberg played by actor Tony Green see the pictures below.

According to this article on the Collider film website you can tell how good a Jaws film is going to be by watching the first kill you can read it by clicking here https://collider.com/jaws-movies-opening-kills/

And some films that use JAWs motifs don’t even feature water according to this article by the CBR.com website click here https://www.cbr.com/tremors-nope-best-jaws-rip-offs/#:~:text=That%20said%2C%20the%20following%20decades%20would%20lend%20themselves,didn%27t%20even%20have%20sharks%20or%20water%20in%20them.

I met Jaws myself when I went to Universal Studios in 1989 as 12 year old he decided he wanted to take a chunk out of a tour bus during a studio tour I was lucky to survive ha ha lol.

Apprently this was part of something called Jaws the Ride you can find out more about it by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdQLmkmnmb0

To watch a video about Most Ridiculous Jaws Moments click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8n-DjLQkc

As this blog is titled the best Jaws Knocks I thought I would include this video I found on Youtube titled Borrowing Blockbusters: Jawsploitation - The Best, Best Worst and Weirdest Jaws Knock Offs you can watch it by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFQuI95b9TA&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=342

Extra Material

Documentaries

To watch a video about the making of Jaws 2 Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5LM57GBIAA

To watch a video about the making of Jaws 3D click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqV3aU_-NN0

To watch Jaws 3D a video retrospective from the Oliver Harper Youtube channel click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsarUFfuWRY&t=20s

To watch a video called 10 things you didn’t know about Jaws 4 the Revenge click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9IFgf6enyw&t=38s

Jaws Trailers

A collection of trailers for all 4 of the Jaws films click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_G0RoRbEEw

Thank you to the You Tube Channels Minty Comedic arts for the video shorts on Jaws the Ride and the making of videos for Jaws Jaws 2 Jaws 3D Jaws 4 The Revenge and Most Ridiculous Jaws Moments and the Indie Dairy for the Jaws film trailers

Here is how the Screen Rant website rated the Jaws films from worst to best click on the link to read more https://screenrant.com/jaws-movies-ranked-best-worst/

Further Reading

This article is worth a read it reveals how a technical issue with the film turned Jaws into a blockbuster https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-a-technical-fault-led-to-the-huge-success-of-jaws/

The first Jaws film has also been turned into a Broadway show starring Robert Shaws so you can read about by clicking here https://uk.style.yahoo.com/shark-broken-brings-jaws-robert-180000628.html

The Orignal Jaws film made Movieweb list of 20 best Universal pictures films form the 20th Century it made number 18 in their list you can read the full list by clicking herehttps://movieweb.com/universal-pictures-best-movies-20th-century/

Did you know the Director of Jaws Steven Speilberg had a subtle cameo in the film you can read about it here https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/subtle-steven-spielberg-cameo-jaws/

The Man who designed the poster for the original poster for Jaws in 1975 Roger Kastel died aged 92 you can find a tribuite to the man by clicking here https://news.sky.com/story/jaws-and-empire-strikes-back-poster-artist-roger-kastel-dies-at-92-13009528

The Poster by Roger Kastel was also included in the Collider film website article 25 best movie posters of all time landing at number landing at number 25 they said this this about Kastels work

There are plenty of great "man vs. creature" movies out there, but few resonate quite like the original Jaws. This was the film that made Steven Spielberg a household name, and arguably kicked off the idea of what a blockbuster movie was. The plot's simplicity was one of its greatest strengths, with three men going on a deadly mission to kill a giant shark that had been terrorizing their coastal town. The straightforward nature of Jaws' premise is reflected beautifully in its instantly striking poster.

Well, the title helps as well, and on the poster in question, those four letters spelling out a single word appear bold against a white background, the color of the letters blood-red. Below the title swims a single figure, and below the swimmer looms a considerably larger shark barreling straight towards her. It encapsulates the film's opening sequence perfectly, and given that sequence establishes the tone for the entire movie perfectly, it's pretty easy to call the poster for Jaws essentially perfect.

Pictures the Jaws music as it appeared in the Tolerance film

1) Robert is nearly knocked over by a passing car only to be saved by a passer by

2) the 2nd time time as a spoof with a slight nod to Jurassic Park to introduce the man with a hellium voice Mr Grosenberg played by actor Tony Green

Other pictures

3)1975 poster for the orignal Jaws

4) Poster for Jaws 3D

5 Poster for Captain EO the Disney 3D film shown at Disney Theme parks

6) Poster for Jaws 4 the Revenge

Thank you to Minty Comedic arts for his videos on Jaws 2 Jaws 3D Jaws the most Ridicoulas momements and Jaws The Ride and Oliver Harper Youtube channel for his retrospective review on Jaws 3D and the indie dary for the jaws film trailers

Remember if you want to help the Tolerance project after reading this mini blog or just want further information click on this link https://www.gofundme.com/gnk3ww

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thehappyvet · 1 month

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@chaser google is finally acknowledging your cutting edge journalism

#chaser #auspol #google #i screamed and genuinly though this was a sky news article until i saw the website #kate middleton

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missmouse25 · 3 months

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I have never been so confused in my life as i am today

Like... the breaking news is about... a rumour??? Am i getting this right????

#every article i've looked at says 'on the verge of' or 'on the brink of'#even the sky news official website says that the announcement is only due later today #like WHAT #ThatKindaVibe

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stroebe2 · 6 months

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UK politics so crazy. What do you mean David Cameron in 2023

#opened up the sky news live website and literally feels like something out of succession #bravermans gone thank god but is it gonna change anything mmh

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valleyofgays · 2 years

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made a fun little edit of a screenshot because i like thinking my sky kid has a cool scar

anyways selfie w the best friend <3 shattering of the void hiiiiii

#alwx.txt #sky children of the light #is there a tag for edits? maybe?#im new here idk what im doing #not new to the website just this fandom

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nerice · 2 years

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hello! i recently started following so i am not familiar with your ocs yet but how about 31 and 40 for any of your ocs?

aaaaa hello!!!! thank you for still asking abt them <3 i don't have a coherent masterpost 2 direct you to if you're interested in my ocs bc i just throw thoughts on here without worrying abt coherence (sorry) but i love love love answering questions so if anything piques ur interest i'm willing to elaborate at extreme lengths LMAO anwy!!!

31. who are they the most glad to have met?

AH main book girls energy, or maybe just bc im thinking abt them (avery & lucie!!) a lot again <33 both ways but especially!! avery who's a runaway & constantly battling the fact that she does not have a heartbeat and thus needs to Kill to stay alive & then meets lucie and for the first time learns that life is abt more than just survival & she'd do anything to protect her.... except avery is also the biggest threat to lucie due to her condition and kill quota (: she's keeping it a secret but it's ofc only a matter of time until things implode terribly >:'3

40. how sensitive are they to their own flaws?

most Getting Assassinated By Their (Perceived) Wrongness is definitely going to reina !! oc queen and love (wife) of my life. the first god who pretty much created (and then broke) the entire verse all other ocs exist in & the cracks of her Phenomenal Fuckup are felt thru every iteration of every story & even tho many people don't even know who's responsible/what she did, she certainly blames all of it on herself all the time. & every new mistake no matter how small every time she fucks up just gets added to her personal laundry list of 'reasons why i shouldnt touch things anymore' despite many problems (including the original Fuckup) not solely having been her fault (victim of circumstances etc) being responsible for everything (due to having created everything) is a thing that gets 2 u lol (she's trying..)

didn't want to go to deep into plotlore & things so i tried to keep it short aaaaa !! i should rly make a masterpost .. the most important thing abt my ocverse is that Everything Is Connected & also Inherently Tragic :(

#this ask ALMOST made me snap and break my art ban i love shoving info in people's faces hhhhh #oc website remains my top priority but is still under construction :')#ANYWAY thank u so much for asking!!!! im slightly self conscious introducing ocs 2 new people but i LOVE to talk #but hav a tendency to go way out into the weeds n gravitate towards certain plot corners like a moth to a furnace which is bad for everyone #everyone involved lmao. like the willpower it took to not derail into jumie/reina/sky content for that first one. H #oc asks #askbox #anonbox

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ktempestbradford · 2 months

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I have been on a Willy Wonkified journey today and I need y'all to come with me

It started so innocently. Scrolling Google News I come across this article on Ars Technica:

At first glance I thought what happened was parents saw AI-generated images of an event their kids were at and became concerned, then realized it was fake. The reality? Oh so much better.

On Saturday, event organizers shut down a Glasgow-based "Willy's Chocolate Experience" after customers complained that the unofficial Wonka-inspired event, which took place in a sparsely decorated venue, did not match the lush AI-generated images listed on its official website.... According to Sky News, police were called to the event, and "advice was given."

Thing is, the people who paid to go were obviously not expecting exactly this:

But I can see how they'd be a bit pissed upon arriving to this:

It gets worse.

"Tempest, how could it possibly--"

source of this video that also includes this charming description:

Made up a villain called The Unknown — 'an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls'

There is already a meme.

Oh yes, the Wish.com Oompa Loompa:

Who has already done an interview!

As bad (and hilarious) as this all is, I got curious about the company that put on this event. Did they somehow overreach? Did the actors they hired back out at the last minute? (Or after they saw the script...) Oddly enough, it doesn't seem so!

Given what I found when poking around I'm legit surprised there was an event at all. Cuz this outfit seems to be 100% a scam.

The website for this specific event is here and it has many AI generated images on it, as stated. I don't think anyone who bought tickets looked very closely at these images, otherwise they might have been concerned about how much Catgacating their children would be exposed to.

Yes, Catgacating. You know, CATgacating!

I personally don't think anyone should serve exarserdray flavored lollipops in public spaces given how many people are allergic to it. And the sweet teats might not have been age appropriate.

Though the Twilight Tunnel looks pretty cool:

I'm not sure that Dim Tight Twdrding is safe. I've also been warned that Vivue Sounds are in that weird frequency range that makes you poop your pants upon hearing them.

Yes, Virginia, these folks used an AI image generator for everything on the website and used Chat GPT for some of the text! From the FAQ:

Q: I cannot go on the available days. Will you have more dates in the future? A: Should there be capacity when you arrive, then you will be able to enter without any problems. In the event that this is not the case, we may ask you to wait a bit.

Fear not, for this question is asked again a few lines down and the answer makes more sense.

Curious about the events company behind this disaster, I took myself over to the homepage of House of Illuminati and I was not disappointed.

I would 100% trust these people to plan my wedding.

This abomination of a website is a badly edited WordPress blog filled with AI art and just enough blog posts to make the casual viewer think that it's a legit business for about 0.0004 seconds.

Their attention to detail is stunning, from how they left up the default first post every WP blog gets to how they didn't bother changing the name on several images, thus revealing where they came from. Like this one:

With the lovely and compact filename "DALL·E-2024-01-30-09.50.54-Imagine-a-scene-where-fantasy-and-reality-merge-seamlessly.-In-the-foreground-a-grand-interactive-gala-is-taking-place-filled-with-elegant-guests-i.png"

"Concept.png" came from the same AI generator that gets text almost, but not quiiiiiite right:

There are a suspicious number of .webp images in the uploads, which makes me think they either stole them from other sites where AI "art" was uploaded or they didn't want to pay for the hi-res versions of some and just grabbed the preview image.

The real fun came when I noticed this filename: Before-and-After-Eventologists-Transformation-Edgbaston-Cricket-Ground-1024x1024-1.jpg and decided to do a Google image search. Friends, you will be shocked to hear that the image in question, found on this post touting how they can transform a boring warehouse into a fun event space, was stolen from this actual event planner.

Even better, this weirdly grainy image?

From a post that claims to be about the preparations for a "Willy Wonka" experience (we'll get to this in a minute), is not only NOT an actual image of anyone preparing anything for Illuminati's event, it is stolen from a YouTube thumbnail that's been chopped to remove the name of the company that actually made this. Here's the video.

If you actually read the blog posts they're all copypasta or some AI generated crap. To the point where this seems like not a real business at all. There's very specific business information at the bottom, but nothing else seems real.

As I said, I'm kinda surprised they put on an event at all. This has, "And then they ran off with all our money!" written all over it. I'm perplexed.

And also wondering when the copyright lawyers are gonna start calling, because...

This post explicitly says they're putting together a "Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Experience" complete with golden tickets.

Somewhere along the line someone must have wised up, because the actual event was called "Willys Chocolate Experience" (note the lack of apostrophe) and the script they handed to the actors about 10 minutes before they were supposed to "perform" was about a "Willy McDuff" and his chocolate factory.

As I was going through this madness with friends in a chat, one pointed out that it took very little prompting to get the free Chat GPT to spit out an event description and such very similar to all this while avoiding copyrighted phrases. But he couldn't figure out where the McDuff came from since it wasn't the type of thing GPT would usually spit out...

Until he altered the prompt to include it would be happening in Glasgow, Scotland.

You cannot make this stuff up.

But truly, honestly, I do not even understand why they didn't take the money and run. Clearly this was all set up to be a scam. A lazy, AI generated scam.

Everything from the website to the event images to the copy to the "script" to the names of things was either stolen or AI generated (aka stolen). Hell, I'd be looking for some poor Japanese visitor wandering the streets of Glasgow, confused, after being jacked for his mascot costume.

HE LIVES IN THE WALLS, Y'ALL.

#long post #Willy Wonka #Wonka #Willy Wonka Experience #Willy Wonka Experience disaster #Willy's Chocolate Experience #Willys Chocolate Experience #THE UNKNOWN #Wish.com Oompa Loompa #House of Illuminati #AI #ai generated

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redvelvetwishtree · 6 months

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I have not been following western media at all for the past couple of days but I want to know how they have reported about the freed Israel hostage who said that she was treated well with her needs met and literally even turned back to shake hands and say Shalom to those who were releasing her. Was this shown and hyped up on TV channels and news websites? Was her release video played everywhere?

I only saw a clip of Sky News (Australia I think) where they started showing her speaking to the media and immediately cut it off when she started speaking positively...

Oh and what about another Israeli who was talking about how it was their own military who had actually attacked its own people?

I always ask and look for news and updates directly from Israel like we get it from Gaza. If you search for the Tel Aviv geotag on Instagram, it's mostly people chilling in Israel or some pro-Palestine accounts. Is there a possibility that Israel stops their own people from speaking up?

I know western media loves to cherry pick things to show to curate the image that Israel and the US wants them to curate but surely they cannot omit these things.

Here's a random post I just found, adding it here for now

#has the released hostage lady been given a script by Israel yet?#maybe not because she already made her point and pissed everyone off #but also Israel does nottttt care about its hostages or their release #that much is plenty care and obvious now #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #gaza strip #middle east #israel

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insomniac-arrest · 1 month

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