Dueling Narratives
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced to the world that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. One year later, Global Newsroom looks back at how the story was reported in U.S. and Pakistani media. The dueling narratives, with some sharply differing focus points, help explain the tensions the operation created — tensions that continue today in U.S.-Pakistani relations.
Céleste Owen-Jones is a student at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She can be reached on Twitter (@CelesteOJ).
Sarah Alvi is a student at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She can be reached on Twitter (@sarah_alvi).
This is a good piece — you should expand it to look at wider issues beyond bin Laden. It would be an eye opener for many US news consumers who think they get a universally accepted view of the world just from consuming their own media and not that of others. And then expand the approach beyond Pakistan to other South Asian countries.
Bob, thank you. As far as expanding the scope of the project is concerned, you will soon see more media stories on the website in the next few days.
i’m a student of Journalism and my “Media Laws and Ethics” course was all about the ethical guidelines for news coverage and the rules for being fair and objective but it’s sad to see that the media (both Pakistani and American) are not following any guidelines or any rules. All of this stuff seems to be made just for textbooks and not for the practical field work.