[thechat] Getting closer

[Martin Burns]

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Lauri Vain wrote:

> It's the same with written media (or parts of it, anyway) in the States.
> I sometimes read what CNN has to say and then I watch BBC World...
> totally different pictures, as far as I can see. BBC is a lot more
> critical towards poor evidence and dares to question the information
> that they are given, but CNN throws "news" as the absolute truth.

Remembering also that CNN's major breakthrough was their coverage of the
1991 war. They're naturally going to be hoping to repeat the trick.

Cheers
Martin
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