by Bob Boynton
They did it again!
First it was the UN secretary-general ducking under a table. Now it is
Now it is someone not quite sure he wants to shake the hand extended to him. Shall I? Shall I not? What would happen? It is a bemused expression, but it seems an expression of carefully considering what [...]
by Bob Boynton
The United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon went to Iraq — unannounced, of course. Unannounced is the way all foreign dignitaries visit Iraq these days.
This is what he was told by prime minister Maliki
“We consider it [the visit] a positive message to world in which you [Ban] confirm that Baghdad has returned to [...]
by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera [Arabic] did it again. They gave us photos of the president and the prime minister of Palestine on back to back days.
I wrote about the photos on March 5 and 6 because I was interested in the way the background figured in the ‘texture’ of the photographs. Now they have done it [...]
by Bob Boynton
I can write Osama with confidence that anyone who happens by will know who I have in mind. That is quite remarkable for a man who was unknown before the 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Now, only 9 years later, he is such a well known figure that [...]
by Bob Boynton
This is a two-fer. It is about one of the elements it takes for both sides of the line to work. It is also about coverage by media organizations. The two are joined in a murderous event in Afghanistan.
The event: on March 5, 2007 a convoy of US troops in Afghanistan was attacked [...]
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 [...]
by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera English had a report from the Taliban side of the line, and BBC World had breaking news about a planned British movement of more soldiers into the contested province. It was both sides of the line by duet.
News organizations that aspire to a global audience — as do Aljazeera English, BBC World, [...]
by Bob Boynton
Palestinian leaders discuss unity — the headline of Aljazeera, in English.
The president and the prime minister sat down to iron out their difficulties. It had been a difficult period leading to Fatah and Hamas supporters shooting at each other.
Aljazeera, in Arabic, and Aljazeera, in English, both reported the beginning of a rapprochement. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
