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[Doug Millison]

Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:10:40 -0400
Subject: [mc.org] The Terror, The Tragedy And The
Media. A Special Report.
From: MediaChannel <editor at mediachannel.org>

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2001

*****************SPECIAL REPORT: *****************
************THE U.S. TERROR ATTACK**************

                 
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

As the streets south of MediaChannel's Times Square
offices are
full of dust and debris, with silence broken by
sirens, we
present a special edition focused on the media's
response to
yesterday's attacks on New York and Washington, D.C..

The media have become our emergency systems, warning
us of
evacuations and blood drives -- and also the focus of
our
collective consciousness as we strain to make sense of
what happened, how to process it and what will follow.

MediaChannel affiliates around the world are looking
at how
the media have handled this crisis, what are their
responsibilities,
their successes, their lessons and failures. News
Dissector Danny
Schechter offers his take on the coverage and invites
yours.

Visit MediaChannel for news, analysis, perspectives,
critiques and
guides for journalists.

http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

We will continue to update our coverage as
developments occur
and we encounter new perspectives and reports. Please
send your
suggestions for articles about the media role to
editor at mediachannel.org.

The regular MediaChannel edition will return next
week.

*DAILY NEWS, REPORTS AND LINKS
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html/news/today/index.html

* HOW TO COVER THE CATASTROPHE
Resources and counsel for journalists ˜ including
guides
for talking to children, determining what information
readers need and covering bomb threats and terrorist
actions.
(From The Poynter Institute, Lexis/Nexis)
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*INSTANT INFO BY INTERNET
Coverage on Web sites, forums and chat rooms is in
some cases
faster and fairer than the networks. (From OJR)
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*NEWS DISSECTOR: WATCHING THE U.S. MEDIA
How did the U.S. networks cover the catastrophe? Where
were the peaceful voices? Danny Schechter reports in
his
Web log and invites your responses.
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*MIDDLE EAST MEDIA WEIGH IN
American policies ˜ whether right or wrong ˜ caused
the
 carnage, agree voices from Afghanistan to Syria and
including
 Iraq and Israel. (From Guardian Unlimited)
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

 *ONLINE RACISM AND THREATS IN THE AFTERMATH
Among the consolations and emotions shared online,
it's no
surprise to find floods of vitriol and violence in
chatrooms and
message boards. (From Salon )
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*NEW YORK REPORTERS REACT
When devastation hit the media center of the world,
New York
journalists found themselves as eyewitnesses,
and occasionally victims.(From The New York Observer )
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*MEDIA MESS
Speculation without evidence, hyped fears, hyperbole ˜
the
breaking emergency brought out irresponsibility in the
media,
says Geov Parrish. (From Alternet )
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html

*UK MEDIA RESPONDS
This ongoing report describes how journalists and
media
companies are responding to the tragedy that has kept
British
viewers glued to the telly. (From Guardian Unlimited)
http://www.mediachannel.org/index.html




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