CanWest employee and independent journalist Kristen respond to the issues Asper rasies. See below.
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Media Empires and Mid-East Coverage: Ability (or inability) of journalists to report on the Occpation.
are sue and other mainstream journalists throughout north america on the defensive?
the conversation spins off a publication by sue's boss: isreal asper, who owns 12 metropolitian dailies (including the montreal gazette), 120 community newspapers, and the 2nd largest english language tv network in canada. a speech presented by asper in montreal was excerpted from in the gazette on oct. 31st - wherein izzy blasts north american mainstream media of broadcasting "palestinian propaganda."
include sue and kristen's response to asper's claims, discussion of the abilitites and limitations on journalists, and impact of media empires on journalists.
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