Hello--
I have the answer to your question.
The American media seems to be relatively fair and balanced in most of
its news coverage until wartime. The Chronicle of Higher Education
reports, "The New York Times's TV critic Caryn James likes the idea of
"seeing the world from a broader perspective." The New York Daily News
says: "Watch BBC World News for one day, and you realize how narrow
our focus is."
During wartime, press outside the United States gets all sides of the
story. They look at not only U.S. strategy, but they also look at
conditions in Afghanistan or the Middle East and how people living
there are surviving during wartime.
However, if you watch coverage by the United States media during times
of war and international conflict, you'll see decidedly different
reports. Reporters and anchors will wear American flag lapel pins,
flags will be draped over news anchor desks, and you'll see flags in
the background of these desks. In addition, when you hear what
American media reports, you'll notice an American slant to the
coverage. You won't hear stories sympathetic to the Afghan people. You
won't hear stories about Al Quaida strategy to fight back. You'll only
hear the news coming straight from the U.S. Pentagon, the White House,
and the Department of Defense. Very little effort is made to get all
sides of the story.
Further when reports of deaths by American soldiers are made by U.S.
media, very few questions are asked about "why they were killed." The
media seemingly plays soft-ball with the American military,
uninterested in asking the tough questions.
You may read "How to be impartial in wartime" in the Chronicle of
Higher Education. The link is
http://www.mediaforesight.org/Impartial.htm
You may read "Unwitting Accomplises" in the Washington Post. The link
is http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A51696-2001Nov6
You may read "Limits of Dissent" from PBS. The link is
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec01/dissent_10-16.html
You may read "Media Lapdogs" by ZNet. The link is
http://www.zmag.org/content/Interviews/Maassmediaints.cfm
You may read "The lowest of the Low in American Media" by Creator's
Syndicate. The link is
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=12514
You may read "America the ignorant" by Salon.com. The link is
http://dir.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/27/stupidity/index.html
You may see a list of other articles about this subject compiled by
the Media Foresight Society. The link is
http://www.mediaforesight.org/
To conduct this research, I searched the following terms: "news media"
wartime
I hope this helps!
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