CNN’s Coverage of Iran Protests Criticized

New York Times by Brian Stelter | Jun. 14, 2009 (News Report)

The performance of the American cable news, especially CNN, spawned an online protest by thousands on Saturday and Sunday, showing that viewers can try to pressure news organizations about their coverage in real time via the Internet. Fox News Channel and MSNBC also were said to have covered the protests in limited ways. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - Jun 15, 2009 - 12:10 PM PDT
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 by Joey Baker - Jun. 15, 2009

The story itself is good, but the trend it covers is disturbing. The mainstream media did a far worse job of covering a major world event than the people were able to do on their own.

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