British Vs. American News Coverage

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the BBC's coverage of the HIV crisis and asserts that it is broader and offers far more insight into experimental treatments than the CNN Web site, which, in the writer's opinion, unnecessarily politicizes HIV. The paper then examines the coverage of climate change and shows how both sources of news cover environmental issues with some spin but argues again that the American coverage on CNN is far less insightful than that of the BBC. The paper then deals with the Iraq war and relates that the BBC and CNN offer strikingly similar, balanced perspectives and coverage of the ongoing war in Iraq, although they offer varying political perspectives.

From the Paper:

"The BBC does not mention the faith-based program in their recent coverage of the HIV crisis. Instead, stories like Calvi's "The Battle for the HIV 'morning after' drug" detail emerging, even if controversial, pharmaceutical interventions. The BBC story addresses a drug called "post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)" which "has been shown in studies to reduce the chance of infection after the HIV virus has entered the body by 80%," (Calvi 2006). Calvi also notes that efforts to prescribe the drug more readily have been stymied, even though PEP could have prevented infection. Other BBC articles about HIV/AIDS are political but more in terms of how HIV affects the poor."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Calvi, N. (2006). The battle for the HIV 'morning after' drug. BBC. February 9, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2008 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/closeup/nualaiv_hivpep.shtml
• "President Bush: Faith key to international AIDS fight." CNN.com. December 1, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2008 from http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/world.aids.day/index.html?iref=newssearch
• Kroeger, A. (2008). EU warns of climate change threat. BBC News. March 10, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7287168.stm
• Tanneeru, M. (2008). Global warming: A natural cycle or human result? CNN.com. April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008 from http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/globalwarming.overview/index.html#cnnSTCText
• "Bush is 'avoiding Iraq decisions.'" (2008). BBC News. April 11, 2008.

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