Category Archives: Iran

This is 50

March 9, 2007 – 12:59 am

by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.

When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]

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The view from . . .

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 [...]

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Mr. Blair Made Remarkable

November 14, 2006 – 10:36 pm

by Bob Boynton
News organizations like pictures, and color photographs are the pride of news websites. What they do not tell you is that the picture they put on the page is one selected from a very large number. Ergo they are very likely to choose a picture that the editor believes illuminates the words they [...]

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