Wars: There and Here

Wars: 
        There and Here

Nothing
new in the media front. The question of Iraq was
erroneously conveyed and reduced by the media (both
domestic and international) to a Bush vs. Peace confrontation.
The coverage of our own war against narcoterrorism was also
characterized by a vision both fragmented and simplified.
by:  

Alberto Dines,
the author, is a journalist, founder and researcher at LABJOR—Laboratório
de Estudos Avançados em Jornalismo (Laboratory for Advanced
Studies in Journalism) at UNICAMP (University of Campinas) and editor
of the Observatório da Imprensa. He also writes a column
on cultural issues for the Rio daily Jornal do Brasil. You
can reach him by email at obsimp@ig.com.br 

Translated by
Tereza Braga, email:
tbragaling@cs.com 

This article was
originally published March 19, 2003, in Observatßrio da Imprensa –
www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br
 

 

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