Essay - Manipulation of Media Coverage During War on Iraq Introduction the...

Manipulation of Media coverage during war on Iraq

Introduction

The role of the media is critical in nearly every walk ***** life now because of its expanse especially in the last decade. The media has grown into such a powerful tool of communication and influence that it has now become an integral part of ***** wars that are being fought e.g. the War on Terror or ***** US interventi***** in *****. The reason beh*****d the media being ***** an integral part of the international wars is because the world is now a glob*****l village where to preserve the right image and intentions in fighting or winning a war it ***** important to win ***** opinions and the support of the global community. Even though most media outlets aim to present both sides of the story, many journalists agree that the pattern has always been ***** formation of an opinion that is inclined towards one side more so then the other.

***** importance of ***** in ***** the wars is perhaps best understood by the United States. The post-Cold War era, where ********** had to conduct war tactics in Somalia, Kosovo, Haiti ***** Afghanistan, were all conflicts that ********** just defended out on the battlefield but had to also be ***** consistently up at the political front. The media was hence given enough lev*****ge and power to ***** a part of ***** medium that allowed the political parties ***** st***** ***** and defend their actions for the global community.

It cannot be denied that ***** ***** poses an unbiased and balanced approach to*****ds report*****g the incidence of ***** and conflict never*****less their reporting ***** a definite influence on the over*****ll public opinion that is formed within ***** global *****. Furthermore, there ***** many programs on the ********** of television and radio that are framed around the promotion of certain activities over others in the long run. For example there have been ***** programs based on the necessity, justificati***** and extent of torture tactics that can or ********** be used with***** the dynamics ***** war. Another example is the use of pictures depicting the joy that the people of Baghdad felt on April 9, 2003 when the war had in some ways ended. It could have also been easy to report that the actual battle wasn't really over and there was still a lot of bloodshed in the regi***** but ***** picture that the media wanted ***** convey to the world was that ***** ***** loss of the battle was a relief to many natives who found celebration in the end of it.

Role of Media in ***** US intervention in Iraq:

It ***** important to note here that the ***** media outlets cannot be efficiently or accurately broken down into different parts. Even ***** ***** media is a varied body of instruments, all of the instruments ***** interconnected and includes various frameworks that are political in nature, culturally diverse, commercial corporations that control ***** market as well as the advert*****ers that