Tortured Words

What you call it - trial, travesty, interrogation, torture - matters. TV news around the world weighs in. Sources featured in this video include: BBC; TVE, Spain; NBC News and Fox News, US; Press TV, Iran; Al Jazeera English, Qatar. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Evelyn Messinger - Feb 21, 2008 - 4:04 PM PST
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Rory O'Connor
4.0
by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

A good roundup of how television news reports worldwide treated the subject of the upcoming trial of top 9/11 suspects by military tribunal/

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Fabrice Florin
3.8
by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

A great news comparison of how the world's news media covered the trial of key 9/11 suspects. This type of analysis lets us better understand how different words and images can reflect the media's viewpoints and shape public opinion. Informative on many levels. Well done!

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Dwight Rousu
4.4
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The collection of reports shows the editorial bias put into the reports by different sources. The Faux report was as sick as expected, the BBC report was disappointing, and the most direct and accurate report was from al Jazeera. This kind of contrast of reporting might be useful to show viewers how they are being spun by ideological news sources.

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Evelyn Messinger
4.0
by Evelyn Messinger - Oct. 1, 2008
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Stephanie Marie
4.1
by Stephanie Marie - Oct. 1, 2008

In a worthy attempt to paint an unbiased portrait of US interrogation techniques post 9/11, LinkTV collages an impressive medley of media outlets depicting the world's words on torture. Global Pulse reminds us of the importance to conscientiously consume news and the growing vault between global and domestic reporting.

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