Other Media Filters

Other Media Filters

July 22nd, 2006

Almost five years ago, I took great comfort in the aftermath of the airliner attacks on the U.S. looking at online papers from around the world. Coverage of the events of the day by mainstream U.S. media were myopic and singing the same note. About three hours a night, I went through a rotation of web sites from China, Iran, Israel, England, Russia, Korea, Brazil and a few other nations to get a different perspective. In some cases, the perspective was similar to the States. Usually there were other angles to follow and other opinions to be expressed.

Although three hours a night is probably too much to spend on a regular basis, I look at the problems evident in Israel’s new war and wonder how the rest of the world sees it. Here are some different shoes to try on once in a while and walk around:

• yaLibnan (Lebanon)
• The Daily Star (Lebanon)
• The Jerusalem Post (Israel)
• Ynet News (Israel)
• Tehran Times (Iran)
• Iran Daily (Iran)
• Daily Excelsior (Kashmir)
• Mumbai Mirror (India)
• Pakistan Times (Pakistan)
• Escambray (Cuba)
• International Herald Tribune
• Morocco Times (Morocco)
• Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina)

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