15008: Haiti123: Press coverage on Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haiti123@aol.com

Submitted to Haiti 123*:

After spending many years in Ayiti, one thing always bothered me. This was
the way the American press always seemed to cover events here in line with
Washington's foreign policy on Ayiti.
  What made this even more evident to me, has been the American press
coverage of the Iraq affair. It is obvious to any who see the coverage given,
that the BANDWAGON effect is in full swing. It seems that journalists feel
obliged to pull the patriotic flag over all their coverage, avoiding any
critical analysis of US policy, which gives the coverage a "Soviet flavor."
  To find a balanced view of things, I'm finding that I have to watch or read
what comes out of Europe or Canada more and more.

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