Oct 10 example essay topic

Oct 22-23 - four articles, all relating to shiites 1 - "US Must Counteract Image In Muslim World, Panel Says" - Oct. 1st, front page (refered in 4) - Basically states that hostility towards America is at shocking Trends levels, and spending millions on public relations, hiring a white house coordinator and other useless things will change this. - States that millions are being spent, but hardly any in Arab area - Only quotes members of the panel, and what they find "disgusting" - no quotes from common man - Front page Countered in: 4 - "Washington's Sour Sales Pitch" (refers to 1) - Oct. 4th, op-ed, (f. p. = "Employment Rises) - Says doing that is useless, as government is messenger to the world - Says most PR is offensive propaganda, lists the many things 2 - "Iraqi Villagers and G.I.'s In an Uneasy Coexistence" - Oct. 1st, pg. 10 - Focuses on innocent civilians being attacked, but still states that "the vast majority of the country was calm, peaceful and rebuilding" - signs of hope, despite the civilian destruction. - Stuck in the back, pg. 10 3 - "Two U.S. Soldiers Are Killed in Iraq; One Of Them Is A Woman" - Oct. 2nd (f. p. = "Bush seeks $600 m for Iraq"), pg. 14 - Focuses on the who and what of American soldiers being killed, not the why.

Numerous descriptions of how they died, not so much who killed them or why. - No interview sources, just statistics on how many Americans died. No statistics on other troops. Very biased. - In the back, pg. 14 5 - "Roadside Bombs Kill 3 Soldiers and a Translator in Iraq" - Oct. 8, pg. 18 (f. p. = Californian recall) - Story tells very little about the actually killings, only one paragraph really - Links together otherwise differing pieces of information - protests where they chant "God is Great" along with "You Americans are afraid of him", implying that the differences are due to religion more than anything else - Along with the anti-Americanism are paragraphs stating what achievements America has had for the day, implying ideas about religion before explaining they were quelled.

- Uses only one quote, but completely disagrees with it a sentence later, stating "conditions had improved since Hussein was ousted". 6 - "Car Bomb Kills 8 at police station in Baghdad slum" - Oct. 10, f. p. - brief mentions of anti-American behaviour - uses language to imply that assassination of Spanish diplomat was not because of their support to America, but "suspicion immediately fell" when one American soldier is killed. Also uses a quote from one Iraqi officer to support Americans. 7 - "Iraqi shiite anger raises new fears for U.S. soldiers" - Oct. 11, f. p. - uses words like "seething throng" in describing the anti-Americans - tries to calm down the idea of anti-American feelings but quoting the group as "thugs" and quoting an American official as calling them a tiny group. - states that 'accounts differ'. First tells the Colonel's side of the story (4 paragraphs), goes on to say that the Americans might " ve fired first (1 paragraph), but goes back to say that it was an ambush, refuting the fact that it might " ve been the American's fault. - brings in ideas of religion - concern for "establishing an Islamic state" 8 - "Car bomb kills 6 at Baghdad Hotel, At least 35 hurt" - Oct. 13, f. p. - very unreliable - quotes General Krivo again, and disputes his claims with witnesses, but doesn't focus on these alternate stories - only uses army sources, and quotes them as saying everything is "back to normal" - keeps Iraqi side of the story to a minimum: "There was suddenly a great explosion" - keeps information on treating the wounded to a minimum, discusses very little the consequences - includes an extra couple paragraphs on shiite pilgrimage as a form of propaganda, mentionining it was 'forbidden' and 'banned' by hussein numerous times 10 - "Attacks North of Baghdad Kill 3 G.I.'s and Barely Miss Governor of Iraqi Province" - Oct 14, pg. 10 - Krivo 17 - "Anti-US Cleric Harangues, But Iraq's Shiites Heed Four Ayatollahs" - Oct 22, pg. 6 - overuse of ideas of religion - in the Religion section - tries to restate ideas that America has already done wonders for their religion - pilgrimage to Najaf - links religion with the ayatollahs, plays down ideas of sadr - portrays sadr as another tyrant, and tries to show that he is too young to influence - smoking a cigarette.