February 25, 2007 – 1:17 am
by Bob Boynton
News organizations that aspire to a global audience want to be on both sides of the line. The classic case is CNN reporting from Baghdad when the first Bush president was bombing. It made the reputation of the station. They had the only reporter in town, and he was broadcasting from his hotel [...]
February 20, 2007 – 1:36 am
by Bob Boynton
There are times when the photographs do most of the work — see
But there are times when the work is in the headlines. Here is a photograph from Aljazeera English.
They met. They photo-oped. Negotiations must be going well. At least that is the implication of the smiles and handclasps. The headline is
“No [...]
February 17, 2007 – 1:24 am
by Bob Boynton
There was — what was his name? — the speaker of the US House of Representatives. He made it into the global news once a year when he stood behind the president who was giving his state of the union speech.
Well, there is a new speaker of the House and here [...]
February 15, 2007 – 2:12 am
by Bob Boynton
Al-Zawahiri was back just in time for valentine day [February 14].
This time it was an audio tape so they had to use a photo they already had on hand. Apparently photos of al-Zawahiri are in short supply since this is the same photo they used only a few days earlier. See When Al-Zawahiri [...]
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February 8, 2007 – 5:02 pm
by Bob Boynton
As CNN phrased it — the military judge quashed the defense of lieutenant Watada. According to the judge he could not defend his refusal to go to Iraq on the basis that it is an illegal war nor could he defend his public statements against the war on the grounds of freedom of [...]
February 8, 2007 – 12:15 am
by Bob Boynton
It starts with lieutenant Watada. This is the way CNN World introduced their report.
Anti-war activists consider 1st Lt. Ehren Watada a hero for his refusal to go to Iraq.
The Army accuses him of betraying his fellow soldiers.
He is a hero or he is betraying his fellow soldiers. The contrasting views of the lieutenant’s [...]
February 1, 2007 – 9:04 pm
by Frank Beer and Bob Boynton
Flags are ubiquitous in the practice of politics. At times they are used symbolically as in this rather neatly designed play on flags and conflict.
At other times they remind us of the grief known as war.
We wanted to look systematically at how they are used, and that led to this [...]
