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PRIORITY FOR KAREN HUGHES: GET REPORTERS OUT OF BAGHDAD
AUG 25, 2005
 Posted by Adam Clayton Powell III
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As Karen Hughes begins to settle into her new office, she must see that one priority for U.S. public diplomacy is to get reporters out of Baghdad. No, not get reporters out of Iraq: Just get them out of their bureaus in the capital. The consensus of U.S. journalists in Baghdad is that it is just too dangerous to get out into the countryside, where they could report on what is happening - good and bad. But reporting what is happening - good and bad - should provide the world with a more complete picture of what the U.S. is…... Full Text
Tags: media • journalism • iraq • war
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AUSTRALIA, NZ FOCUS ON US BY LOOKING AT US MEDIA
JUL 14, 2005
 Posted by Adam Clayton Powell III
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LOS ANGELES, July 13 - Nothing fascinates media as much as, well, media. That is the lasting impression after an extended visit to New Zealand and Australia, which boast world-class commercial, public service and international broadcasters and first-rate newspapers. But looking at America through South Pacific lenses, the focus more often than not seemed on American media. Coverage of the U.S. debate over and involvement in Iraq was a case in point: Stories about the policy debate or even events in Iraq were sot news, typically short items on the latest White House statement or pictures of the car bomb…... Full Text
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THE VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER: IT’S MORE CRUISE THAN HUGHES
JUL 12, 2005
 Posted by Adam Clayton Powell III
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WASHINGTON, July 12 - There's truly no business like show business. That old song title was reinforced during a recent visit to Australia and New Zealand, where coverage of the U.S. was frequent, detailed and prominently played. But the lens through which America was presented to the South Pacific was not Wall Street or Capitol Hill. Day in and day out, coverage of Washington is trumped by coverage of Hollywood. True, the latest news from the White House merits a news spot or a brief story on the inside international news page. But it's Hollywood that gets the big play,…... Full Text
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AL JAZEERA HELPS SPREAD DEMOCRACY, SAYS FORMER CRITIC PERLE
MAR 30, 2005
 Posted by Adam Clayton Powell III
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WASHINGTON, March 30 – One of Al Jazeera's fiercest critics in the U.S. now says the Arab satellite channel has become a vehicle to spread democracy in the Arab world. Acknowledging this reversal of his longtime criticism of the channel, Richard Perle this morning said Al Jazeera's broadcasts of elections in Afghanistan and Iraq and anti-Syrian protests in Lebanon was advancing democracy in the region -- just by the pictures it showed. "Images conveyed by Al Jazeera have been very powerful," Perle said. Just a few years ago, Perle was complaining that Al Jazeera's powerful images of civilian casualties in…... Full Text
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NO INDEPENDENT ARAB MEDIA EXIST, SAY ARAB JOURNALISTS
MAR 4, 2005
 Posted by Adam Clayton Powell III
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WASHINGTON, March 4 -- There are no independent news organizations in the Arab world. That was the assertion of Arab journalists addressing a conference on Arab media today, who said the only truly independent voices in the Arab world are bloggers. Even the new satellite television networks, such as Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, were criticized -- including by one of Al-Arabiya's anchors, Hisham Melham. He credited the new networks with breaking taboos and showing the Arab world through Arab eyes, instead of through the eyes of European and American observers. But the networks focus only on the extremists. "Misleading…... Full Text
Tags: media • journalism • arab media
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