Saturday, July 22, 2006

A Conflict Viewed Through Very Different Lenses - World Opinion Roundup

So, what else is new?

Reporting in the U.S. is always vey different from that of the rest of the world, even Britain.

When I spent the first week or so of the Iraq war overseas and came back, I was shocked by the difference.

A Conflict Viewed Through Very Different Lenses - World Opinion Roundup:

Are Americans being given a very different view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict than their counterparts in Europe and elsewhere?

Yes, according to commentators in Muslim and European media.

The editors of the Jordan Times are especially critical of the U.S. television coverage. 'Not only the Lebanese and Arabs but any educated, broad-minded person equipped with the necessary tools that do not allow him to succumb to the mighty propaganda machine have, over the past few days, all the reasons to be furious at the coverage by major US networks of the tragedy unfolding in Lebanon.'

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