| dc.description |
The view of journalism as “a search for truth” Is defied in this article. Instead, journalism is described as a search for truths. because in the world of journalism there are many truths, and moreover, competing truths.Afghanistan is used as an example of the imbalance in international news reporting. This theses forms a basis for the exploration of what the press is faced with and what could or should be done about it.Attention is paid to issues such as the covering of wars in “closed countries”and the news language of the ideological world. The author poses such questions as how news is covered in closed countries and how much of the world is now closing down on the free press. She discusses the importance of the imbalance in news coverage in particular and names as an example the “obsessive coverage” of 55 American advisors in El Salvador versus almost “no coverage at all” of 154 OOO Soviets in Afghanistan.Finally, the article offers certain suggestions regarding the press, including the editor's role and the training of journalists and diplomats.Georgie Anne Geyer is an American free-lance journalist and columnist. This article is based on a paper presented at the Sixth World Media Conference in Carthagena, Colombia, in 1983. |
