Iraqi War and Terrorism

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the Iraqi war based on the media coverage given by mainstream and independent and/or alternative sources of news. The paper compares and contrasts an analysis of the way some events involved in the war on Iraq were portrayed and attempts to pose and answer questions regarding the differences between the coverage. The paper discusses various news agencies such as FOX news channel, The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, MSNBC, and many more.

Outline:
Introduction
Review of Literature
Images of the War
The Journalist's Point Of View
The Unquestioned Sources
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"Based on the article, the New York Times have been downplaying the role of the U.S. military regarding the casualties in the war. This was shown through one of their online photo-essay published on October 26, 2005. Entitled as "Iraq's grim tally", the photo-essay showed funerals and memorials depicting "2,000 U.S. military deaths and 15,000 injuries in Iraq." However, there was only one picture of "a U.S. casualty--a soldier in a hospital bed, surrounded by comrades in uniform, receiving a Purple Heart."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Arnow, Pat. From Self-Censorship to Official Censorship. Ban on images of wounded GIs raises no media objections. Accessed August 6, 2007 from http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3095
• Bamford, James. The Man Who Sold the War : Meet John Rendon, Bush's general in the propaganda war. Nov 17, 2005. Accessed August 5, 2007 from http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war
• Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War. Accessed August 6, 2007 from http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/102.php?nid=&id=&pnt=102&lb=brusc
• Kahn, Jeffery. Postmortem: Iraq war media coverage dazzled but it also obscured. Accessed August 6, 2007 from http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/03/18_iraqmedia.shtml
• "Buying the War" (documentary). Accessed August 6, 2007 from http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html

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