[Media-watch] Study Faults Media Coverage of WMD

[David Miller]

Study Faults Media Coverage of WMD

By E&P Staff 

Published: March 09, 2004 12:30 PM EST

NEW YORK A new study of how the media has covered the issue of weapons of
mass destruction (WMD), released today, concludes, "Many stories
stenographically reported the incumbent administration's perspectives on
WMD, giving too little critical examination of the way officials framed the
events, issues, threats and policy options."

     

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Read Susan Moeller's "Media Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction," the
latest study from the Advanced Methods of Cooperative Security Program.
Full study: http://www.cissm.umd.edu/documents/WMDstudy_full.pdf