This week I have to ask the question why an arab webstation? Are there not a million American webstations that spin the truth and depict “the other” all the time? Do you think perhaps other countries do this as well or is it just because we are “at war”?
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journalist2 // May 1, 2008 at 4:08 am
I definately think that news coverage runs different in all cultures. In America, as journalists, we are taught to seek the truth… report it fully… and minimize harm. Although I have never traveled abroad to the Middle East, I have picked up some information from Polisci classes that lead me to believe they live in a corrup society with misleading journalism. Sure their are corporations here in the US that spin the truth… i.e… tabloid magazines, but our slander and libel laws don’t allow it.