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Listening Post - US election narrative - 26 Sep 08 - Part 2
The Listening Post takes a look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election.We head to the US where the presidential election campaign is in full swing. And what are the media talking about during these times of economic woes and interminable foreign wars? As one TV anchor put it, they will be talking about "whatever the McCain campaign wants"! We look at how crafting the media narrative in order to win the news cycle has led the media to seriously consider the veracity of what the politicians and their campaigns are saying. Misleading adverts, misquoted statements and downright lies are coming back to haunt John McCain in a media backlash. But who will come out best in this battle to grab the voters' attention? In Newsbytes: Zimbabwe moves to relax restrictions on the media; A24, a new online initiative for pan-African journalism, is launched in Kenya; Egyptian campaigners employ SMS messaging to expose torture; Myanmar releases writer U Win Tin after 19 years in prison but the media faces a new threat as the ruling military government launch a cyber-war against anti-government online publications; and computer hackers target US Republicans at the highest level.Our Video of the week offers a master class in improvised musical instrumentation. This innovative Japanese man has created an orchestra out of vegetables. Learn all you need to know from his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/he...
Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Length: 09:54
Rating: 4.82
Views: 1964
Tags: Barack campaign election Gizbert John Listening McCain media message Myanmar Obama Post presidential Richard US Zimbabwe
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