-- Critical Media Literacy
in Times of War

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-- Iraq
-- Introduction
-- Background
-- Media Coverage
-- Justifications for War
-- Media Reports 90/91
-- Media Reports 2002
-- How Many Protested?
-- Crowd Size Oct. '90
-- Crowd Size Jan, '91
-- Network News
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-- Protests in How Many Cities?
-- Sanctions and Casualties
-- Sanctions and Changes
-- Sanctions: What have you learned?
-- Sanctions: What have you learned? PT. II
-- Sanctions: Additional Sources
-- Iraq: Additional Resources

Network News: How Many People Protested?

In the months preceding the start of the Gulf war, approximately how much time did network nightly news shows dedicate to covering opposition to the military build-up in the Gulf?

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Of all the source material that was used by the three major television networks in preparing reports for the first two weeks of the war (January 17 to January 30), approximately what percentage of these sources was associated with U.S. anti-war perspectives?

1%

A FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) survey published on January 16, 1991 states that from August 8 to January 3 only 1% of nightly network news reports on the Gulf crisis dealt with popular opposition to the war build-up. The FAIR report comments that "nightly network news programs largely ignored public efforts to oppose the Bush Administration's military policies in the Persian Gulf."

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1.5%

According to a FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) survey published in February of 1991, "about 1.5 percent of their sources were identified as U.S. anti-war protesters - about the same percentage of Americans were asked to comment on how the war had affected their travel plans."

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