VOL. XLVI

No 14

07-April-2003

Arab Press Review

(MEES Translation)

Contrasting War Coverage

The following article comparing and contrasting coverage of the war in Iraq by al-Jazeeraand Fox News was written for publication in the Arab press by MEESs Gulf Editor Gerald Butt.

Changing channels between al-Jazeera television and the USs Fox News you might be watching completely different wars.

Al-Jazeera has been taking viewers to Baghdad and other Iraqi cities and showing the war as it is experienced at...