The Listening Post-Double standard in theUSmedia-Jul1709-Pt2

We focus on the double standards in the US media when it comes to covering the so-called "war on terror".
From the detention of US journalists vs. their foreign counterparts, to the treatment of detainees held in US prisons, there has been a lack of consistency in what state-side news is reporting, and a lack of confidence in their coverage as a result.

We take a look at Barack Obama, the US President willingness to suppress certain images, and the US media's reticence in even using the word torture.

The Listening Post's Salah Khadr also explores the US media's celebratory coverage of the release of journalist Roxana Saberi from an Iranian prison in May this year, in comparison to their silence about foreign reporters held by the US.
In part two we turn our attention to one of the most venerated institutions in US journalism the New York Times.

Often the standard by which reporters measure themselves editorially and creatively, the Times has, since 9/11, found itself under fire for some well-publicized failings in reporting, that had real implications on security issues.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• richard gizbert
• al jazeera
• salah khadr
• the pentagon
• the new york times
• meenakshi ravi
• propaganda