Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Differences in coverage between France and USA help to explain public opinion differences. U.N. Weapons Inspector Criticizes Iraq's Cooperation. Hans Blix delineated a long list of problems relating to his ability to adequately ascertain the state of Iraq's arms program. By Julia Preston. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] Le rapport des inspecteurs  : pas de nuclÃ?aire, doutes sur les armes chimiques et biologiques "The inspectors report: no nuclear, doutes on cemical and biological<weapons>."  [Le Monde: lemonde.com] I make it a habit to read the French newspaper, and listen to the French news whenever possible.  I do this mostly to keep up with my french.  However, I am constantly struck by how radically different the two countries will report on the exact same event.  Never has this been more evident than in yesterday and today's coverage of the UN inspectors report.   As you can see by the headline of these two newspapers, they both had a very different read of the UN inspector's report.  After seeing the differences on how the Iraq story is being reported in both counties, it becomes easier to understand how public opinion in these two countries can be so drastically different. [Rob Dulaney's Radio Weblog] 1:42:23 PM    comment []