Georgia's contribution to the escalation of tensions in the region were not completely ignored by U.S. media, but its aggressive actions were often euphemized, as in AP's reference to "a crackdown by Georgia last week" (8/11/08), and were rarely allowed to interfere with the preferred narrative of Georgia as victim of an expansionist Russia. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
FAIR fairly describes what I have seen in big corporate media coverage or non-coverage of the Georgian attacks on civilian populations that instigated the Russian response. The selection of pro-cold war pro-hot war points of view to present on the conflicts, and how they have been framed as a revival of confrontation with Russia allegedly started by Russia brings memories of the selling of fear that has marked buildups to the Iraq war and the Iran confrontation. Fair has a well documented and referenced case here for bad journalism counter to a fair presentation of this news.
