Sunday, December 04, 2005

When News Isn't Neutral

Last year, Al-Jazeera vowed reform and promised to stop showing "ghoulish footage that other television networks like al Manar from Lebanon do. When they the Turkish truck driver was executed, al-Jazeera showed the kidnappers behind him reading the message, but then it stopped the recording and just said that he was killed." On Saturday, according to insomnia_lj at Meta Filter:
al-Jazeera seems to have changed that policy by airing the video of 10 US Marines being killed in an improvised explosive device attack. (NSFW. Windows Media. Right click this link to save the video, or this link to stream it.) Is this change indicative of larger changes in Arab public opinion, or has the Emir of Qatar decided to push back?
The video also was aired on WCBS-TV (New York) and CNN. Time to reconsider the legality of prior restraint?

(via LGF)
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2 comments:

Janette said...

What al-Jazeera didn't keep their word? Shocking! Being members of the media you would expect them to be so trust worthy.

3:29 AM, December 05, 2005
Assistant Village Idiot said...

Hard to tell what it means. Warfare and execution are somewhat differenet.

However, it bears keeping an eye on, doesn't it?

3:08 PM, December 05, 2005

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