How Does Media Coverage of War Impact Foreign Policy?
May 25, 2011
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Unprecedented access 24 hours a day gives the public a front seat to conflict. But how has—and does—the media affect government decisions? Do celebrities play a role in the drive to war? How has that changed in the twenty years since the beginning of the wars in Yugoslavia?
Journalists Tom Gjelten (NPR), Roger Cohen (New York Times, International Herald Tribune), Lindsey Hilsum (Channel 4 News), and David Rieff (New York Times Magazine) recently came together to weigh in.
Listen to the conversation above.
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