Another balancing act in news broadcasting
The New York Times reports that another version of "fair and balanced" news is about to take to the airwaves. It's web site wasn't working this morning.Iran Expands Role in Media, via Satellite and in English
"Iran on Monday put into operation a 24-hour English-language satellite television channel to extend its global reach during a period of growing pressure from the United States.
"'Press TV was born out of the need to break the global media stranglehold of Western outlets,' the channel's Web site says.
"The channel aims to compete with other 24-hour English-language satellite channels like BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera International, which is based in Qatar.
"Press TV officials said last month that the station would present news every half hour and focus on developments in the Middle East and the United States.
"'Press TV plans to present a new perspective to its viewers around the world,' said Muhammad Sarafraz, the deputy director for international affairs, the Mehr News Agency reported..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:55 AM
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More details onPress TV from The Guardian (UK):
'An antidote to Fox': Iran launches English TV channel
"It was intended to be a radical departure in global news coverage, and few could argue that in this, at least, it succeeded. Iran's new state-run English-language 24-hour news channel, which launched yesterday, was aimed at viewers in the US and Europe...
"A story about the attempted attacks on London and Glasgow airport, headlined More threadbare propaganda from the west, was a perfectly serviceable account of recent events - until the final paragraphs, where the reporter suggested they were staged by the UK government, in order to tarnish the image of Muslims...
"Inside Iran, meanwhile, the channel itself did not seem to be available at all...
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