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What Happened?
According to the CNN article, what do you think occurred when James Miller was shot?
What is your general impression of the events?
Israeli Defense Forces Version "This was an operation taking place at night, in which the [Israeli] force was
under fire and in which the force returned fire with light weapons,”
an investigation is under way to determine whether Miller died as a result of Israeli or Palestinian gunfire
it is "very possible" the fatal shot came from Israeli soldiers.
its troops were uncovering a tunnel
they came under antitank missile and light-weapons fire from Palestinian gunmen.
When Israeli troops returned fire, Miller was hit in the crossfire and killed
Israeli forces came under fire from Palestinians, who threw hand grenades and Molotov cocktails
as the clash was ending, Israeli troops heard screams and spotted a woman standing next to a man who was lying on the ground.
Palestinian National Authority Version
accused Israeli forces of committing "another brutal crime,”
"targeted and killed in cold blood, by the fire of the Israeli tanks.”
Miller was covering the demolition of a Palestinian family's home by Israeli tanks and bulldozers when "heavy shooting" erupted from the Israeli side.
Why the differences?
What does this tell you about the accuracy of the article?
What does this say about your media?
How do you explain it?
Today
Five Filters of PropagandaConcentration of OwnershipAdvertising“Sourcing” the NewsFlakAnti-Communism
Students and Education
More than 50% of students at four-year schools and more than 75% at two-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex literacy tasks.
That means they could not … understand the arguments of newspaper editorials, compare credit card offers with different interest rates and annual fees or summarize results of a survey about parental involvement in school.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-01-19-college-tasks_x.htm
Recent Media Studies
“A new study based on a series of seven US polls conducted from January through September of this year reveals that before and after the Iraq war, a majority of Americans have had significant misperceptions and these are highly related to support for the war in Iraq.”
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/102.php?nid=&id=&pnt=102&lb=brus
Five Filters in the Propaganda Model
Concentration of OwnershipAdvertising“Sourcing” the NewsFlakAnti-Communism
Concentration of Ownership
20 years ago, 50 companies controlled the vast majority of media resources. Now, it is five. “These five huge corporations —
Time Warner,Disney, (owns ABC) Murdoch's News Corporation,Bertelsmann of Germany, andViacom (formerly CBS)
— own most of the newspapers, magazines, books, radio and TV stations, and movie studios of the United States.” http://www.benbagdikian.com/
Advertising
Advertising supports the costs of production for media outlets.
Outlets not able to attract advertisers are less able to compete.
Advertisers seek a “buying mood.”
Sources
Media outlets attempt to save money and time by relying on readily available sources for news.
Corporations, politicians and others provide press releases, press conferences and prepared videos for the media.
Flak
People and groups dissatisfied with media coverage will attempt to change coverage through complaints.
Complaints by pundits and editorial writers
Complaints by organized groupsComplaints by politicians
Anti-Communism
While the authors wrote about the concept of anti-communism, we can see its application today.
Both the terms “liberal” and “terrorism” are used to dichotomize debate.
You are either with us, or against us.
The fear of terrorism is used to promote policies.
Five Filters in the Propaganda Model
Concentration of OwnershipAdvertising“Sourcing” the NewsFlakAnti-Communism
Through these filters, the information you receive is distorted and lacks accuracy.In many cases it represents the interests of
the wealthy and/or US policy.
OutfoxedConcentration of Ownership
How does Murdoch and editors control news through memos?
Advertising What is the “Fox Effect” on other networks?
Sources Where does Fox get its information, commentators and guests?
Flak Shut Up!
Jeremy Glick
Personal Attacks Richard Clark John Kerry
Anti-Terrorism Use of terrorism to create fear to support its perspective