December 31, 2006 – 11:45 am
by Bob Boynton
Somali prime minister arrives to cheers in Mogadishu
[headline, CNN World December 29, 2006]
Anti-Ethiopian protest in Mogadishu
[headline, Aljazeera [English] December 29, 2006]
Is this the same story?
It does not get any better if you compare ‘lead’ paragraphs.
CNN World: Somalia’s prime minister entered the capital Friday, a day after an Islamic movement’s fighters retreated ahead [...]
December 31, 2006 – 12:43 am
by Bob Boynton
“Iraqi and Iranian authorities slammed the United States on Monday for having arrested several Iranians who were visiting Iraq. [CNN World, December 25, 2006]
CNN World began their report on the arrest with this strong first sentence. The US was slammed.
Aljazeera [English] began their report on the same event with a rather more measured [...]
December 15, 2006 – 4:36 pm
by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera [English] reported, on December 15, 2006, that the Israeli high court has approved ‘targeted killing’ as long as they are terrorist leaders who you cannot easily capture and bring to trial.
The three-judge panel ruled unanimously on Thursday that “it cannot be determined in advance that every targeted killing is prohibited according to [...]
December 15, 2006 – 12:03 am
by Bob Boynton
For December 12, 13, and 14 what were the stories that the three news organizations thought were most important?
Both Aljazeera [English] and CNN World identify the important stories with the layout of the page. There is a most important story that is identified by being in the left column with a larger photo. [...]
December 11, 2006 – 4:31 pm
by Bob Boynton
Frank Beer and I are making a presentation at the annual International Studies Association meeting. It is about how Aljazeera [Arabic] used flags in the photo images on their web page. Here is a picture of the first page of our presentation.
And this is the url: http://tinyurl.com/ydfs7o
December 7, 2006 – 11:34 am
by Bob Boynton
Prime minister al-Maliki met with President Bush, which, as always, produced a burst of photographic energy. Every news outlet needed photos of the event.
But Aljazeera [English] and Aljazeera [Arabic] did something rather unusual: they used the same photograph of the two leaders.
This is the photo from Aljazeera [English]
And this is the photo that [...]
December 5, 2006 – 1:03 am
by Bob Boynton
They had an election in Bahrain. The first round of voting was November 25. A second round was required, and the results of the second round were announced on December 2, 2006.
I have pictures of the voters on an earlier blog. But this is about the stories reporting the results.
Apparently, CNN World does [...]
December 4, 2006 – 12:55 am
by Bob Boynton
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Annan: Iraq worse than under Saddam
By 1968 the American public, the US military and finally the politicians recognized the horror that was Vietnam. The perpetrators of that war lost the election. Richard Nixon thought it too embarrassing to leave immediately so many more people had to die while we waited for a suitable [...]
December 3, 2006 – 10:34 am
by Bob Boynton
This is a photo ‘essay.’ It is just two photos from Aljazeera Arabic — on the same day, December 1, 2006. I believe more words are unnecessary.
Aren’t they wonderful!
December 2, 2006 – 1:37 am
by Bob Boynton
If there are three news organizations are there three different events of the day? Aljazeera [English], BBC World and CNN World all aspire to a global audience. But there is more than one way to construct a global audience. So, what are the top stories for the three news organizations?
CNN World
BBC World
Aljazeera [English]
Huge [...]
