Media Wars

News at a Time Of Terror

By: Danny Schechter

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Hardcover | 9 April 2003

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"Limiting access, limiting information to cover the backsides of those who are in charge of the war, is extremely dangerous and cannot and should not be accepted. And I am sorry to say that, up to and including the moment of this interview, that overwhelmingly it has been accepted by the American people. And the current administration revels in that, and they take refuge in that." —CBS News Anchor Dan Rather on BBC News Night, May 16, 2002

In Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror, MediaChannel founder and editor, Danny Schechter, "the News Dissector," critically examines media coverage since 9/11. Schechter analyzes what has been covered and, more tellingly, left out, in news coverage of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Drawing from the reporting of over one thousand worldwide radio, newspaper, television, and internet affiliates, the result is a scathing account of how the media has become a megaphone for the U.S. military and its war on terror. More than just a critique, Schechter suggests a series of changes to improve our news sources and return them to the vital role a free and independent press must play to preserve a democracy.

Media Wars is a timely assessment of what we are and are not being told in the most important story of our new century.

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"Limiting access, limiting information to cover the backsides of those who are in charge of the war, is extremely dangerous and cannot and should not be accepted. And I am sorry to say that, up to and including the moment of this interview, that overwhelmingly it has been accepted by the American people. And the current administration revels in that, and they take refuge in that". -CBS News Anchor Dan Rather on BBC News Night, May 16, 2002.

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Dedication	p. ix
Introductory Statement: On Media Responsibility	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxv
Opening Salvo	p. xxxvii
Warring with the Coverage of War
The Attack--September 11, 2001: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 3
The Day Video Cameras Were Everywhere	p. 9
Flashback: Before September 11	p. 11
The Global News We Ignore Can Be Fatal	p. 14
Death and Civic Renewal: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 17
A Blow to the City	p. 24
Week Seven: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 26
The "Turbanators" and the Terrorists--War Crimes and Media Omissions: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 30
The Week of the Skeptics: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 41
The Role of CNN	p. 46
Looking for Light at a Time of Darkness: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 51
Return to Normalcy?	p. 55
Project Methodology	p. 79
The War on Terrorism	p. 91
An Indian Perspective on Media Coverage	p. 111
"Terrorism" Is a Term That Requires Consistency	p. 117
The Government and the Press: War-Media Connection	p. 121
Warning--Media Management Now in Effect: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 126
Information Warriors: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 130
Is the Media Ready for a New War?	p. 135
Media War: The Cultural Dimension	p. 139
Cultural Responses--Music As Media: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 142
Media, Celebrity, and Family	p. 145
Independent Film and Media Coverage	p. 151
Cultural Responses: Humor	p. 156
Israel-Palestine	p. 158
Israel on Receiving End of Media's Image of Terror	p. 163
Media and the Middle East	p. 165
Tips for Covering Conflict	p. 170
The Arab Worldviews: U.S. Alternative Journalism	p. 174
Counseling Journalists	p. 179
On Asking for Help	p. 181
Fast Forward to Summer: From the News Dissector's Weblog	p. 183
Monitoring Media and Promoting Democracy
The World of Media and Media As a World	p. 193
Mediachannel.org and Other Ways to Change the World	p. 197
One World under Media	p. 219
Who Sets the Media Agenda?	p. 224
Media Monitoring	p. 230
About the Contributors	p. 233
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