RE: [War and politics] Re: Arab World Stunned by Baghdad's Fall

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 16:30:04 MDT

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    spike66 wrote,
    > Far more than in the past, the current Arab conflict is
    > an information war. Politicians are not so much struggling
    > with each other as news media are struggling with each other.
    > The most dramatic losers so far: Minister of Information [sic]
    > Muhammad Said al Sahhaf, who will be quoted for comic relief
    > for the foreseeable future, pretty much all of the Arab press
    > whose credibility will take years to recover, and CNN.
    >
    > Winners: FoxNews, who got it pretty much right.

    What exactly are you talking about? Do you think CNN reported more false
    propaganda than FoxNews? Or is it just that they refrained from
    pro-American rhetoric and opinionated editorials that predicted the outcome?
    Is there some specific factual examples that I missed where CNN got it wrong
    and FoxNews got it right?

    Seriously, I only noticed opinion, editorial, and attitudinal differences
    between CNN and Fox. I don't recall any major factual or objective
    differences in the news that was reported.

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    Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC
    <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
    


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