Forum Europe multiculturelle

'The Forum for a multicultural Europe' was a great international exchange and a learning experience, where we cold meet people from all over Europe. You can't imagine how friendly everybody is, so cool? . We also met Ms Kate Adie, who is great and a really interesting person. Her speech really made me think. She told us that we must not just watch the things we are interested in, but also the other things we care less about. The media gives the people what they want. That is their power. We, as critical consumers have to bring it up to date. Ms Adie also told us that in China, fairness doesn't exist in journalism and that there isn't real freedom for the media. They are controlled by the government. Running after ministers to chase a story doesn't exist in China and the facts are controlled. Isn't that unbelievable for us Europeans? We live in a brave new world where everything is coming to us. She wanted to awaken our senses by saying that pictures can be edited and changed. Not all the 'facts' are facts. Television is an open window which offers you a huge variety of channels. Television is full of interesting things but we have to be aware that there could be a hidden motivation.

Here is one sentence she said: 'It is fine to live in your own world but don't forget that a lot of people in the world are hungry and poor.'

She said we ought to be interested in everything because you can't just survive with an i-pod. Our generation is TV-addicted, that's a fact. Her last sentence really struck me: 'You have to question, question, question!' Don't we forget to do this?

Ms Kate Adie encouraged us to be active because that is the key to finding out the secrets of the world. Someone asked her if she believed in God and she replied, 'I believe in people and I respect human rights. As long as you respect human rights you can live with people whether they believe in God or not.'

'Do what you can' – that is her advice to us.

Sophie BHOURIS

2eDG


Sophie's review

	'The Forum for a multicultural Europe' was a great international exchange and a learning experience, where we cold meet people from all over Europe. You can't imagine how friendly everybody is, so cool? . We also met Ms Kate Adie, who is great and a really interesting person. Her speech really made me think. She told us that we must not just watch the things we are interested in, but also the other things we care less about. The media gives the people what they want. That is their power. We, as critical consumers have to bring it up to date. Ms Adie also told us that in China, fairness doesn't exist in journalism and that there isn't real freedom for the media. They are controlled by the government. Running after ministers to chase a story doesn't exist in China and the facts are controlled. Isn't that unbelievable for us Europeans? We live in a brave new world where everything is coming to us. She wanted to awaken our senses by saying that pictures can be edited and changed. Not all the 'facts' are facts. Television is an open window which offers you a huge variety of channels. Television is full of interesting things but we have to be aware that there could be a hidden motivation. Here is one sentence she said: 'It is fine to live in your own world but don't forget that a lot of people in the world are hungry and poor.' She said we ought to be interested in everything because you can't just survive with an i-pod. Our generation is TV-addicted, that's a fact. Her last sentence really struck me: 'You have to question, question, question!' Don't we forget to do this? Ms Kate Adie encouraged us to be active because that is the key to finding out the secrets of the world. Someone asked her if she believed in God and she replied, 'I believe in people and I respect human rights. As long as you respect human rights you can live with people whether they believe in God or not.' 'Do what you can' – that is her advice to us. Sophie BHOURIS 2eDG
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