CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera News Coverage

Paper Summary:

The paper first discusses the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) and how it is free from any commercial influences of advertisers and investors, thus allowing it to address issues in a free and professionally unbiased way. The paper then focuses on CNN in the United States that is a profit driven company that must adhere to the desires of its investors as well as the voices of its viewers, and notes the controversy of CNN's live news coverage. The paper then turns to the Al-Jazeera network founded in Qatar and its controversies. The paper compares how these three international news media sources cover the United States led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and how their differences are also illustrated in their coverage of the 2000 United States presidential elections. The paper points out the biases that influence the content and delivery of news reports and relates that even the BBC have been accused of not providing the most in-depth information possible.

From the Paper:

"The advent of international news coverage changed the ways in which news was shared, as well as its content. News companies such as CNN and BBC offer international coverage of world events--however these come from different cultures, and therefore have different points of view. In the past year, the Arabic news station Al-Jazeera has taken to broadcasting their news coverage in English; thereby opening their viewership to a far wider audience. This has also opened the American viewing public to an opposing view on the war in Iraq. With the current combination of news coverage offered to the Western World, there is now more opportunity to gain perspective on not only the events which are shaping our world, but also on the manner in this events are viewed, understood and reported."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "The US Presidential Election of 2000". British Broadcasting Company. January 25, 2002. Date of access: December 11, 2006. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A679025
• "CNN.com leaves out Annan's plea for US accountability". CNNEXPLOSED.COM. 2006. Date of access: December 11, 2006. URL: http://cnnexposed.com/story.php?story=28
• "Iraqi victims of war: Fact Sheet". Al-Jazeera International. March 17, 2004. Date of access: December 11, 2006. URL: http://english.aljazeera.net/News/aspx/print.htm
• "Iraq Body Count: War dead figures". British Broadcasting Company.. October 23, 2006. Date of access: December 11, 2006. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4525412.stm
• "Carter predicts unfair vote in Florida". Al-Jazeera International. September 30, 2004. Date of access: December 11, 2006. URL: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=6748

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