EPISODE · Aug 15, 2023 · 22 MIN
Hope for the West? #48
from The Western Bubble · host Balder Hageraats & Dario Hasenstab
Today we analyse the coverage of a press team in Iraq that gives us hope that the Western Bubble is not impenetrable. As a basis of today's episodes serves a Foreign Affairs article written by John Walcott who wrote about his time at Knight Ridder, a former US media outlet, and their coverage of the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iraq/journalism-press-failed-iraq-walcottThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats
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Today we analyse the coverage of a press team in Iraq that gives us hope that the Western Bubble is not impenetrable. As a basis of today's episodes serves a Foreign Affairs article written by John Walcott who wrote about his time at Knight Ridder, a former US media outlet, and their coverage of the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iraq/journalism-press-failed-iraq-walcottThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats
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