Iraqi officials accuse CNN reporters of
fear-mongering, bias
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In its expulsion order, Iraq's Ministry of Information accuses
CNN of fueling rumors and giving false impressions of Iraq and the
war. "They spread rumors that panicked other journalists, including
the allegation that the [government-owned] Hotel Rasheed was a legitimate
military target," a ministry official tells Craig Nelson. The
network's four-person crew left Baghdad for the Jordanian border on
Friday.
> Carter: "The timing could hardly have
been worse for CNN" (NYT/r.r.)
TOM SHALES SAYS TV's BOMBING COVERAGE DIDN'T SHOW
"the horror or ugliness of war." He writes: "There was no
sign of human carnage and barely evidence of any carnage at all; mostly
one saw flashes of light and billows of smoke.
Have TV news execs turned war into another
reality show?
Los Angeles Times
That's Bill Kovach's concern. The veteran newspaper editor
and Committee of Concerned Journalists chairman tells Tim Rutten
he finds himself "utterly dependent on newspapers [for war coverage]
because of their depth, [but] I'm disappointed in a lot of what I'm
getting. I don't see enough of the skepticism we should expect of
our journalists." He's also critical of the networks' sudden
willingness to spend tens of millions of dollars on war coverage after
years of slashing foreign news budgets. "I worry that TV is so
invested in the drama that they've just made war their next reality
show."
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