[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: JulieReneB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:34:10 EDT
The only Japanese on-line news I've come across is Daily Yomiuri On-Line
which is very ....minimalist. (John?) I've looked for Chinese news on-line and
it
all seems to be a sponsoring of the same services (Reuters, AP, etc.) which
CNN etc. use. India - The Times of India, e.g. All very generic. On a not
entirely unrelated note, I've been seeing the advertisements for the NBC "TV
movie" on the days preceding 9/11. I have the feeling this is being severely
spun pre-election but it may be my paranoia only. Does anyone know what kind
of
pressure/influence the WH has on the station?
Julie Krueger
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Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
Date:4/4/2004 1:32:45 PM Central Daylight Time
From:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Question for John: what are the newspapers like in Japan? Does
> > straight reporting tend to be written as it is here -- ie make it
> > short, summarize the story at the beginning, add the detail later for
> > the reader to take or leave -- or do articles tend to be much longer
> > than an average report in a U.S. paper with important points sometimes
> > appearing for the first time deep within the body of the article?
A better question: How do Japanese newspapers explain situations and
motives? Do they look at circumstances and background? Do they discuss the
history intelligently? Do they look at opposing viewpoints of the persons
involved? Is there sympathetic understanding of the various points of view?
For contrast, you can remember the American media's coverage of the fall of
the Shah, the Iranian Revolution, and Ayatollah Khomeini. Or the coverage of
9.11, the reporting on the White House's response, the clear explanation of
bin Laden's motivations.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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