it is interesting to note the different ways the Alan gross story has been portrayed by the media. briefly Alan Gross U.s. citizen and resident of the state of Maryland has been imprisoned in Cuba for allegedly spying and trying to overthrow the state. The UK's BBC news spins this story so that it seems like Mr. Gross truly was spying. In the articles title Cuba charges US citizen Alan Gross with spying we already think what was he really doing there, and the article continues to give that sort of impression in a very factual way. On the other hand on the U.S.'s NPR's news blog while the facts are also there it seemed to me like there was a definite emotional spin on the story. through such statements as his daughter currently fighting cancer and other such comments.
One wonders which people will learn more from. I merely point this out because despite Hilary Clinton's push for the U.S. based media to learn something from Al-Jazeera's news style I do not think Al-Jazeera's bodies in your face approach is something that will appeal to the average american citizens sensibilities. On the other hand BBC's style, multiple facts some of them gruesome but not in such a way as to induce horror in us, might be something worth copying.
One wonders which people will learn more from. I merely point this out because despite Hilary Clinton's push for the U.S. based media to learn something from Al-Jazeera's news style I do not think Al-Jazeera's bodies in your face approach is something that will appeal to the average american citizens sensibilities. On the other hand BBC's style, multiple facts some of them gruesome but not in such a way as to induce horror in us, might be something worth copying.
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