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Here is your final blog assignment in the class:
Today in class we watched part of the documentary film, Control Room (2004).
Especially if you missed class today or left early, please watch the “trailer” (click on far left bottom of the screen).
Then go to the websites: CNN (be sure to select CNN international at top left) and Al Jazeera (English edition).
http://edition.cnn.com/
http://english.aljazeera.net/English
2. Select a story with a visual image that is covered in both CNN International and Al Jazeera (that is, the same story is covered by both news organizations).
3. Starting with a discussion of the visual image that accompanies the story, write an essay that compares and contrasts the coverage of CNN International with Al Jazzera. Who has the better coverage, in your opinion? Does either news organization use the technique of “creating the other” as part of the coverage?
