Comments on: Journalists Failure to Dispel Saddam-9/11 Myth is Media Scandal

By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:08:04 +0000

Scribble, CNN International is a heck of a lot better than the domestic version.

Jon, nice idea.

By: Jon Garfunkel

Jon Garfunkel — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:25:37 +0000

Well, how would you try?
You could start by tagging each source you found which mad the 9/11-Iraq connection on a social bookmarking site. That’s what I do when I try to document trends.

By: ScribbleSheet

ScribbleSheet — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:38:09 +0000

I am sure some of the readers here have been to the US. Do you know how difficult it is to get international news on the television. It almost impossible. Even CNN is overly US-centric.

Poor international news coverage is to blame. The statistics above are shocking, but can any of us say we are truly surprised.

By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:27:19 +0000

I’m serious. At least some of the Fox watchers read the local paper. (I’d also go after any parties that were spreading the mythology, including news organizations.) Not saying it would ultimately solve the problem, but it is worth the effort. The shame is that no one is even trying.

By: Jon Garfunkel

Jon Garfunkel — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:41:19 +0000

C’mon, Dan. You can’t be serious. You can’t study this much media without knowing that not every outlet has the same lofty ambitions towards truth and understanding. In October 2003, the Program of International Policy at the University of Maryland polled people about their perceptions of the Iraq war and corresponded it with the media they watched/read. The results aren’t at all surprising:

“Those who primarily watch Fox News are significantly more likely to have misperceptions, while those who primarily listen to NPR or watch PBS are significantly less likely.”

By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:31:08 +0000

Maybe so, Seth, but it would be worth trying…

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:43:13 +0000

If I ran a newspaper I would make it a mission to educate people about the truth in these kinds of situations.

No, Dan, you wouldn’t. Or rather, if you did, you would quickly find yourself on the end of a SwiftBoating campaign, and very likely be put out of business or marginalized.

Further commentary gets into territory which would result in *my* being on the receiving end, so I won’t do it (well, I’m already marginalized, but still …)

By: Saddam und 9/11 | trice.de

Saddam und 9/11 | trice.de — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:30:06 +0000

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