Posted by:
rearfang
at Fri Nov 21 09:14:49 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rearfang ]
Agreed except for one thing...
I do call it bias when the media concentrated on pictures and interviews of the extremists, repeatedly made comments about how stupid the protesters were and stayed away from anyone who tried to intelligently explain the real reasons for the protests as well.
By avoiding the actual issues, there was nothing negative to be said about the conference it'self. (What did they talk about? You would never find out if you listened to these reporters) There was not one interview with a Trade official about what was being discussed in any of the news casts we saw. In fact, what they were doing was completely burried by the protest coverage.
The end result was to paint a picture of the World Trade Conference as being people working for what was good for us and the protesters as being radical militant "anarchists" (a word they bombarded us with weeks in advance) that were just out to burn and loot. That is biased (by omision) reporting.
Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."
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RE: World Trade Conference...The Media in action - rearfang, Fri Nov 21 09:14:49 2003