CNN censored itself

Diane Monaco dmonaco at pop3.utoledo.edu
Fri Aug 16 10:48:16 PDT 2002


At 12:13 PM 8/16/2002 -0400, you wrote:
><http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/News.View.aspx?ContentID=1162>
>
>CNN chief claims US media 'censored' war
>By Julie Tomlin
>
>Posted 15 August 2002 12:00 GMT
>
>US news organisations "censored" their coverage of the US campaign in
>Afghanistan in order to be in step with public opinion in the wake of the
>September 11 terrorist attacks

Oh isn't that quite a stretch...I was thinking more along the lines of media censorship to step up the formation of a public opinion that is more in tune with American hegemonic opinion.

Diane



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