wall@ucbvax.ARPA (Steve Wall) (10/04/84)
> > The absence of press coverage for this "Ronnie was > > right after all" finding is, uh, interesting. Nothing like unbiased > > reporting on world affairs... > > As I remember, press coverage of the Grenada invasion was quite positive - > far more positive than the press reaction in much of the rest of the world > (as sampled by "World Press Review", anyway). Why go back and say "Ronnie > wa right after all" when they (essentially) said Ronnie was right the > first time? Nothing like unbiased views of the news media... > > Jeff Winslow There has been a lot of talk about the media's coverage of the Grenada invasion and the events in C. America, and I wanted to take a second to announce a new PBS documentary on the media's coverage of the Grenada invasion. PBS usually does a good job of presenting a well-rounded report on important issues. Here's an excerpt from my local PBS station's program schedule: [from San Francisco Focus, Oct., 1984] "A Reporter in Grenada", Wed., Oct. 24th, 10:00. Narrated by Jason Robards, this program examines the question of the validity of the restrictions imposed on the press by the Pentagon during the invasion of Grenada. This prize-winning documentary follows the coverage of Time magazine correspondent William McWhirter as he arrives on the first press plane following the invasion and pieces together what really happened. McWhirter was awarded the Overseas Press Club's International Prize for Foreign Reporting for his work on this story. Othe commentary is provided by Mike Wallace, Assistant Secretary of Defense Mike Burch and Tom Brokaw. The documentary is on KQED, Channel 9, for those folks in N. California, and most shows are rebroadcast following the original airing. I don't know if the documentary is going to be aired in other parts of the nation, but I urge you to check your local listings for possible airing. Steve Wall wall@ucbarpa (ARPANET) ..!ucbvax!wall (UUCP)