Media Wars is a timely assessment of what we are and are not being told in the most important story of our new century.
Danny Schechter became known as the "News Dissector" in Boston and his television career has included time as an on-air reporter at Boston's WGBH, producer at CNN, and producer for ABC's 20/20. He is executive producer and cofounder of the television and film production company Globalvision and editor of Mediachannel.org. Schechter resides in New York, and his writing has appeared in leading newspapers and magazines including the Boston Globe, Newsday, the Detroit Free Press, the Village Voice, and the Columbia Journalism Review
Dedication
ix
Introductory Statement: On Media Responsibility
xi
Walter Cronkite
Foreword
xiii
Roland Schatz
Introduction
xxv
Opening Salvo
xxxvii
PART I: Warring with the Coverage of War
The Attack---September 11, 2001: From the News Dissector's Weblog
3
(6)
The Day Video Cameras Were Everywhere
9
(2)
Flashback: Before September 11
11
(3)
The Global News We Ignore Can Be Fatal
14
(3)
Death and Civic Renewal: From the News Dissector's Weblog
17
(7)
A Blow to the City
24
(2)
Week Seven: From the News Dissector's Weblog
26
(4)
The ``Turbanators'' and the Terrorists---War Crimes and Media Omissions: From the News Dissector's Weblog
30
(11)
The Week of the Skeptics: From the News Dissector's Weblog
41
(5)
The Role of CNN
46
(5)
Looking for Light at a Time of Darkness: From the News Dissector's Weblog
51
(4)
Return to Normalcy?
55
(24)
Project Methodology
79
(12)
The War on Terrorism
91
(20)
An Indian Perspective on Media Coverage
111
(6)
``Terrorism'' Is a Term That Requires Consistency
117
(4)
The Government and the Press: War--Media Connection
121
(5)
Warning---Media Management Now in Effect: From the News Dissector's Weblog
126
(4)
Information Warriors: From the News Dissector's Weblog
130
(5)
Is the Media Ready for a New War?
135
(4)
Media War: The Cultural Dimension
139
(3)
Cultural Responses---Music As Media: From the News Dissector's Weblog
142
(3)
Media, Celebrity, and Family
145
(6)
Independent Film and Media Coverage
151
(5)
Cultural Responses: Humor
156
(2)
Israel--Palestine
158
(5)
Israel on Receiving End of Media's Image of Terror
163
(2)
Media and the Middle East
165
(5)
Tips for Covering Conflict
170
(4)
The Arab Worldviews: U.S. Alternative Journalism
174
(5)
Counseling Journalists
179
(2)
On Asking for Help
181
(2)
Fast Forward to Summer: From the News Dissector's Weblog
183
(10)
PART II: Monitoring Media and Promoting Democracy
The World of Media and Media As a World
193
(4)
Mediachannel.org and Other Ways to Change the World
197
(22)
One World under Media
219
(5)
Who Sets the Media Agenda?
224
(6)
Media Monitoring
230
(3)
About the Contributors
233
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