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War Coverage Around World
Aired March 31, 2003 - 05:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And here in the United States and around the world protests do continue. Tens of thousands joined anti- war demonstrations in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. Demonstrators marched from the British Embassy to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
In India, demonstrators staged one of the country's largest rallies since the war began. A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 demanded an immediate end to the strikes against Iraq.
And the oil issue made its way on to placards carried during a peace march in Beijing. It was China's first government sanctioned protest over the conflict.
You know if you watch news coverage of the war on Iraq from outside of the United States, you might feel like you're hearing and seeing an entirely different conflict.
Here's CNN's Bruce Burkhardt with how the war is being covered in other countries.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRUCE BURKHARDT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Russia, where the reporter tells us opponents of the coalition say that two Apache helicopters were shot down today, one over Basra, the other over central Iraq. U.S. Central Command denies that.
And in Canada...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Baghdad they are like a boa snake. Now its length is more than 500 kilometers and we are going to cut the snake in pieces.
BURKHARDT: In China,...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Iraq will sue U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as they are war criminals.
BURKHARDT: And on the Arab networks whose war coverage includes both reports from its embedded reporters, along with news from the other side, an interview with the Iraqi commander in Basra.
On TVs around the world, the war story is being told in he said, she said fashion. Statements from Iraqi officials that are treated by U.S. media with some degree of skepticism are presented elsewhere with the same weight as U.S. claims. In this English language newscast from China, a press conference with the Iraqi Information Minister followed by a briefing from U.S. Central Command. And Al Jazeera, whose reputation as a news organization grew following 9/11, is also benefiting from this conflict. Many countries news media rely on Al Jazeera footage.
Here a Chinese public affairs program with a guest from Al Jazeera and a compliment from the host.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And above all for the ability to get two sides of the same story despite challenges and protests from its neighboring countries and from America, in particular.
BURKHARDT: A war with a worldwide audience. And finding the truth of this war might depend upon where you're watching.
Bruce Burkhardt, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired March 31, 2003 - 05:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And here in the United States and around the world protests do continue. Tens of thousands joined anti- war demonstrations in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. Demonstrators marched from the British Embassy to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
In India, demonstrators staged one of the country's largest rallies since the war began. A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 demanded an immediate end to the strikes against Iraq.
And the oil issue made its way on to placards carried during a peace march in Beijing. It was China's first government sanctioned protest over the conflict.
You know if you watch news coverage of the war on Iraq from outside of the United States, you might feel like you're hearing and seeing an entirely different conflict.
Here's CNN's Bruce Burkhardt with how the war is being covered in other countries.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRUCE BURKHARDT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Russia, where the reporter tells us opponents of the coalition say that two Apache helicopters were shot down today, one over Basra, the other over central Iraq. U.S. Central Command denies that.
And in Canada...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Baghdad they are like a boa snake. Now its length is more than 500 kilometers and we are going to cut the snake in pieces.
BURKHARDT: In China,...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Iraq will sue U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as they are war criminals.
BURKHARDT: And on the Arab networks whose war coverage includes both reports from its embedded reporters, along with news from the other side, an interview with the Iraqi commander in Basra.
On TVs around the world, the war story is being told in he said, she said fashion. Statements from Iraqi officials that are treated by U.S. media with some degree of skepticism are presented elsewhere with the same weight as U.S. claims. In this English language newscast from China, a press conference with the Iraqi Information Minister followed by a briefing from U.S. Central Command. And Al Jazeera, whose reputation as a news organization grew following 9/11, is also benefiting from this conflict. Many countries news media rely on Al Jazeera footage.
Here a Chinese public affairs program with a guest from Al Jazeera and a compliment from the host.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And above all for the ability to get two sides of the same story despite challenges and protests from its neighboring countries and from America, in particular.
BURKHARDT: A war with a worldwide audience. And finding the truth of this war might depend upon where you're watching.
Bruce Burkhardt, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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