IP: I AGREE !! CNN attacks Networks on International News Coverage

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Craig Birkmaier <craig () pcube com>
>
> In response to the Reuters story about  Bert suggested that the networks 
> could provide more international coverage using  data broadcasting techniques:
>
> > For analysis of various viewpoints, in principle you could go a long way
> > with broadcast, as long as multiple channels are made available. No
> > reason why (perhaps narrow) streams could not be provided from the BBC
> > and other broadcasters. If the data is in the form of streaming media,
> > this would work very well.
>
> Apparently CNN feels that the broadcast networks dropped the ball on 
> international coverage, as reported by the New York Post via Shoptalk.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
> A top CNN executive has launched a searing attack on the
> major U.S. television networks, accusing them of failing to
> give adequate coverage to foreign news.
> In an op-ed piece in the French newspaper Le Monde, CNN
> International Networks president Chris Cramer said this
> failure is hampering Americans' ability to understand the
> deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the
> Pentagon.
> Cramer says the vast majority of U.S. news media are guilty
> of "committing the worst crime in journalism: the failure
> to make interesting what is important."
> He argues that the belief among editors that the American
> public is not interested in foreign news has led to a self-
> fulfilling prophecy. "If we don't cover international news,
> there's little chance of the audience being interested in
> it," he says.
> The CNN exec says the American news diet consists chiefly
> of local news, baseball results, the weather and weekly
> lottery winners.
> "Many news executives think the lack of interest in foreign
> news is shown by the fact that less than 20 percent of
> Americans have a passport," he says. (ANDY GELLER - NY
> Post)
>
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