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Date: 31 March 2003
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Ratings for Germany's two all-news TV channels, N-TV and N24, skyrocket during first week of war in Iraq; place less emphasis on tactics or troop movements than CNN, which is also available to German audiences, concentrating on antiwar protests, humanitarian problems of war and risks of conflict spreading to neighboring nations; photo (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By David Carr
David Carr
Article examines new standard of openness and immediacy created by embedding reporters with military units; decision has produced compelling video, but also suggestions that media have become part of story; reporters say they can maintain objectivity in coverage, but ability to remain detached is being tested every day under battlefield conditions; experts are split on efficacy of arrangement; several reporters comment; photos (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Peter Arnett, correspondent for NBC News and National Geographic Explorer, says in interview on Iraqi state television that his reporting about Iraqi civilian casualties 'helps those who oppose the war' and that allied war plan 'has failed because of Iraqi resistance'; comments are likely to make him target of Republican lawmakers, many of whom contend his reporting is slanted in favor of Iraq; photo (M)
Date: 30 March 2003
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Debate about television coverage of Iraq war intensifies as Defense Sec Donald Rumsfeld complains about 'media mood swings' distorting depiction of American strategy; initially, loudest complaints were lodged by antiwar groups frustrated by scant attention given to their protests; proliferation of cable news networks and foreign coverage gives viewers wider choice and more selection in terms of bias, with Fox leading conservative pack and BBC World Service thought by some to be least partisan source (M)
Date: 30 March 2003
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich column assesses television news coverage of war in Iraq; photo (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By Jennifer 8. Lee
Jennifer
All six commercial radio stations in Minot, ND, are owned by Clear Channel Communications, making city a focus of debate over radio industry consolidation; police were unable to reach anyone by phone at local emergency broadcast station when train derailed at 1 am last January, spilling vast white loud of suffocating anhydrous ammonia fertilizer over city; some residents complain of decline of local news coverage; advertising rates have not increased, but stations do not offer ratings information anymore stations; Clear Channel says consolidated ownership has been good for Minot stations and listeners; photo (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By Stuart Elliott and Nat Ives
Stuart Elliott
Regular advertising spending patterns are disrupted by war with Iraq and uncertainties about its duration, and profit forecasts for advertising agency and media companies are being cut back as result; some marketers pursue scheduled introductions of ad campaigns for products and services despite continuing military action; photo (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By James Brooke
James Brooke
North Korea's news organizations have not reported public appearance by Kim Jong Il in 46 days, in country where his daily activities have been staple of news media ever since he took power; in South Korea, newspapers speculate about where he could be; clue might come from angry Foreign Ministry spokesman voicing outrage over American attempt to kill Pres Saddam Hussein of Iraq and his top generals; state-run media warn on daily basis that US military may turn one day to North Korea (M)
Date: 31 March 2003
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
Pennsylvania Supreme Court will soon consider lawsuit that illuminates one of hardest questions in libel law: may news media report, without endorsement or skepticism, wild charges made by one politician against another? case involves Tom Kennedy, reporter for The Daily Local News in West Chester, Pa, who described in 1995 article what several politicians said during and after council meeting, during which council member called council president and mayor 'liars...criminals..draft dodgers...child molesters'; council member never produced evidence for any of his charges; photo (M)
Date: 30 March 2003
Editorial suspects that New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq barred Al Jazeera's reporters because it feels network is insufficently supportive of America and its war in Iraq; says Al Jazeera does slant its debates and discussions in ways hostile to West, but as only uncensored Arabic television in world, it should be enouraged, if Americans truly hope for Arab world to enjoy free, democratic life