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	<title>FAIR Blog &#187; Panama</title>
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		<title>Panama: When Journalists Learned to Rally &#039;Round the Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Naureckas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Criticism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the discussion of Afghanistan sounding more and more like the debate over Iraq these days, we thought it would be worthwhile to point out how similar the media rhetoric around all of the U.S.'s recent wars has been. To that end, we've put up some classic FAIR articles from the January/February 1990 issue of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the discussion of <a title="Region: Afghanistan" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=18&amp;region_id=10" target="_self">Afghanistan</a> sounding <a title="Salon: Obama's Domino Theory" href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/30/afghanistan/" target="_blank">more and more</a> like the debate over <a title="Region: Iraq/2003 Invasion" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=18&amp;region_id=26" target="_self">Iraq</a> these days, we thought it would be worthwhile to point out how similar the media rhetoric around all of the U.S.'s recent wars has been. To that end, we've put up some classic FAIR articles from the January/February 1990 issue of <strong>Extra!</strong>--which happens to be the first issue that I edited--critiquing corporate media coverage of the Panama invasion.</p>
<p>There's the main piece, "<a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1546" target="_self">How Television Sold the Panama Invasion</a>" by Mark Cook and Jeff Cohen, documenting how U.S. journalists viewed the brief war through the eyes of the U.S. military and Panama's tiny elite; "<a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3742" target="_self">Censored News: Drug Links of Panama's New Rulers</a>," which exposed the hypocrisy of the main rationale offered for the invasion; "<a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3743" target="_self">'Noriega Offered His Usual Damp, Limp Handshake to Bush's Firm Grip,'</a>" dissecting the propaganda offered in a <strong>Newsweek</strong> cover story; and "<a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3744" target="_self">Reporters Rallying Round the Flag</a>," which offered this classic quote from a <strong>CBS</strong> producer:</p>
<blockquote><p>When American troops are involved and taking losses, this is not the time to be running critical commentary. The American public will be rallying around the flag.</p></blockquote>
<p>For more evidence that coverage of U.S. warfare hasn't changed all that much in the past three decades, see FAIR's work on <a title="Region: The Balkans" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=18&amp;region_id=8" target="_self">Kosovo</a>, <a title="Extra!: Tragedy Made Simple" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1211" target="_self">Somalia</a>, the <a title="Region: Iraq/Gulf War" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=18&amp;region_id=23" target="_self">Gulf War</a> and <a title="Extra!: Invading Grenada" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3425" target="_self">Grenada</a>.</p>
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