The Bellman.
sell-out zone
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Zwichenzug media watch, international edition
Al Jazeera is taking a pretty harsh line against Colin Powell in their reporting of his remark that, "What is the open question: how many stocks they had, if any, and if they had any, where did they go? And if they didn't have any, why wasn't that known beforehand?"
The headline for the story is, Powell fudge on Iraqi WMDs. The third paragraph begins, "His latest comments marked a major climb down from his earlier shrill rhetoric..." And the next paragraph describes Powell as, "chastised after months of futile search."
All this in contrast to the American press, where Powell has been consistently portrayed as the voice of diplomatic reason. While it's true that Al Jazeera is displaying some clear bias here, at least it's honest bias.
(See Al Jazeera's coverage here)
The headline for the story is, Powell fudge on Iraqi WMDs. The third paragraph begins, "His latest comments marked a major climb down from his earlier shrill rhetoric..." And the next paragraph describes Powell as, "chastised after months of futile search."
All this in contrast to the American press, where Powell has been consistently portrayed as the voice of diplomatic reason. While it's true that Al Jazeera is displaying some clear bias here, at least it's honest bias.
(See Al Jazeera's coverage here)
