Critique_of_US_media_coverage Iran_Air_Flight_655



pictured here, newsweek covers 12 september 1983 (left) , 18 july 1988 (right) illustrate kal , iran air incidents respectively. full-page photo of airplane murder in air leaves little doubt in reader s mind of culprits were, while why happened no graphic presentation of airplane accompanied questioning , soul-searching.


robert entman of george washington university studied coverage surrounding incident in u.s. media, comparing similar incident happened korean air lines flight 007 (shot down soviet union 5 years earlier). using material 5 sources (time, newsweek, new york times, washington post , cbs evening news), research found evident framing techniques used demonize , blame foreign enemy. stated de-emphasizing agency , victims , choice of graphics , adjectives, news stories u.s. downing of iranian plane called technical problem while soviet downing of korean jet portrayed moral outrage . study important not because demonstrates ethnocentric media bias, because entman included polling appears show unbalanced coverage swayed public opinion against soviet union , iran.


in july 2014, when malaysia airlines flight 17 shot down in ukraine, commentators noted discrepancy of u.s. official position , media coverage of 2 similar incidents.








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