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'Inflaming the Arab World'

01/07/2009 by Peter Hart

The New York Times today, reporting the shelling of a U.N. school that killed dozens of civilians, offered a typical formulation:

With another day of gory news reports inflaming the Arab world....

What should TV reporting of a civlian massacre look like, exactly? And are other news reports ever held to this standard? Was U.S. media reporting on the aftermath of the September 11 attacks ever referred to as an attempt to "inflame" the U.S. public?

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2 Responses to “'Inflaming the Arab World'”

  1. links for 2009-01-08 « The Mustard Seed Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 9:00 am

    [...] Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » "Inflaming the Arab World" "What should TV reporting of a civlian massacre look like, exactly? And are other news reports ever held to this standard? Was U.S. media reporting on the aftermath of the September 11 attacks ever referred to as an attempt to "inflame" the U.S. public?" (tags: blog northamerica journalism middleeast occupation war) [...]

  2. Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » How Does the New York Times Think Massacres Should Be Covered? Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    [...] Hart asked the New York Times: What should TV reporting of a civilian massacre look like, [...]

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