04 abril 2003

.DE!
A quem interessar: Na ferramente de procura do CupidoClix no menu de idades podem escolher 0-12 e 13-18 (homem, mulher ou casais). No caso de contacto positivo por favor enviar comissão para a conta habitual bibi@prisõesdeportugal.pt
[Impressionante mas verdadeiro!!! Anda a PJ a querer a retenção dos dados pelos ISPs (também) por causa dos pedófilos e não olha para estas facilidades...]
VITAMEDIAS
Embedded in Iraq: The high cost of the war to the 24-hour news networks
Before the war began, CNN spent over $1m on security training. Now the running costs are piling up. It costs $1,500 a day merely to link a channel up to a geo-stationary satellite from a phone on the ground.
CNN is understood to be spending $1m a day covering the war, and to have put aside a $25m war-chest. “But it is clearly going to cost more than that,” comments one CNN insider. John Stack, vice-president of news-gathering at Fox News, which has just over 100 staff in the region, says his war budget runs into “tens of millions of dollars.” The BBC, which has over 200 people in the Gulf, feeding both its 24-hour news service in Britain and BBC World, its international channel which is running non-stop news, is said to have earmarked some £10m ($15m) for the war. Tom Wolzien, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, estimates that the additional cost will run to roughly $40m-60m for the American news networks, about 10% of their annual news budgets [...]
The American networks could be forgoing some $3m-7m a day in deferred and cancelled advertising.
The implication of all this is that some news networks may have to find ways to share costs.
Networks Add Up War Cost, NBC at $50 Million: Goldman Sachs has estimated that, depending on the network, the war could cost up to $20 million a day. Tom Wolzein, a Sanford Bernstein analyst and former NBC News executive, pegged the potential cost increase to network news divisions at anywhere from $40 million to $60 million for the year.
But those forecasts were in the early days of the conflict [via Ponto Media]
The televisual war: more than 500 journalists are “embedded” - that is, living with the troops, filming and reporting the grunt's eye view. Nearly 1,500 more journalists are covering the war independently. This changes the balance between reporters and the armed forces [...]
Now, the problem is that so many journalists are broadcasting snippets from the front, it is hard to get a broad, accurate reading of what is happening. The Pentagon had hoped the process of embedding would educate correspondents in the realities of war and reduce their tendency to obsess about disasters. So far, the results have been mixed.
VITAMEDIAS
Internet and the fog of war: The Internet has emerged as the best antidote to the numbing stupidity that passes for daily television coverage two weeks into America's battle with Iraq.
[act.:] alt.war: Traditional media mislead the public about the war in Iraq as a media revolution makes traditional media increasingly irrelevant
There has long existed a convention among news readers, and news reporters, that stories don't really exist until they appear in the mainstream press. Given the recent journalistic debacle in Iraq, an opposite standard may apply: Once you turn off television news, it no longer exists.
VITAMEDIAS
«Le Monde» attaque fort: Le quotidien demande 1 million d'euros de dommages et intérêts à Pierre Péan, à Philippe Cohen, [...] les auteurs de la Face cachée du Monde, ainsi qu'aux éditions Fayard et à leur patron, Claude Durand. Le quotidien les a assignés pour diffamation, hier, devant le tribunal de grande instance de Paris
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Celluloid Heroes Evolve: New filmmaking technology invites the question: What should be recognized as special effects, and what’s plain old good acting?
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Le Livre 010101 (1998-2003)
ECO-TERROR
US tells UN to Butt out: An extraordinary communication from the United States to UN representatives around the world has been leaked to Greenpeace. In it, the United States warns that the simple act of support for a General Assembly meeting to discuss the war will be considered "unhelpful and directed against the United States."
VITAMEDIAS
Americans Growing Less Positive About Media's Coverage of War: Interestingly, those Americans who support the war with Iraq are most likely to rate the media coverage positively. At the same time, war supporters are also the most likely to have downgraded their views of news coverage since the war began, suggesting that this group is most sensitive to how the war is being portrayed.
VITAMEDIAS
The Secrets of Drudge Inc.: Run on a shoestring, the Drudge Report, a plain-Jane page of news links and occasional scoops, clears, by our back-of-the-envelope estimate, a cool $800,000 a year.

03 abril 2003

VITAMEDIAS
15 dias depois do seu início, a guerra vista pelas manchetes dos jornais (Público, Diário de Notícias, Washington Post e El País):
030320
Começaram manobras de guerra contra Saddam
Ordem para atacar
WP não disponível
EE UU ataca Irak
030321
EUA iniciam invasão terrestre no Iraque
Invasão
Ground War Starts, Airstrikes Continue As U.S. Keeps Focus on Iraq's Leaders
EE UU lanza un intenso bombardeo sobre Bagdad y pone en marcha la ofensiva terrestre
030322
Ofensiva total
Guerra total
Strikes Intensify as Forces Move North
Bombardeos masivos arrasan el distrito gubernamental de Bagdad
030323
Forças aliadas avançam rapidamente para Bagdad
Guerra e paz
Troops Advance Halfway to Baghdad
Los aliados avanzan hacia Bagdad tras controlar Basora y la zona petrolera del sur
030324
Dia sangrento
Morte a caminho de Bagdad
Clashes at Key River Crossing Bring Heaviest Day of American Casualties
Focos de resistencia iraquí retrasan el avance terrestre hacia Bagdad
030325
Aliados aproximam-se do “momento crucial” em Bagdad
Batalha feroz
U.S. Forces Push Closer to Baghdad As Iraqi Resistance Proves Persistent
Tropas aliadas e iraquíes libran duros combates a 90 kilómetros de Bagdad
030326
Revolta em Bassorá
Tempestade
Sandstorm Delays Army's Advance; U.S. Reports Fierce Battle in South
Cientos de muertos iraquíes en una feroz batalla al sur de Bagdad
030327
Iraque passa à ofensiva
Grande batalha
Iraqi Militia, Elite Forces Roll South Into Fierce Attack by U.S. Warplanes
Dos bombas causan una matanza de civiles en un mercado de Bagdad
030328
EUA: mais 120 mil soldados para o Iraque
Guerra dura
Missteps With Turkey Prove Costly
La resistencia iraquí obliga a EE UU a movilizar 100.000 soldados más
030329
Dezenas de civis mortos em mais um ataque de mísseis americanos em Bagdad
EUA ameaçam Irão e Síria
U.S. Forces Fight to Protect Supply Lines
Otra bomba mata a más de 50 civiles en un mercado de Bagdad
030330
Iraque promete responder às bombas com mais ataques suicidas
Ataques suicidas
War's Military, Political Goals Begin to Diverge
La guerra hunde la popularidad de Aznar y amplía la ventaja del PSOE
030331
EUA admitem que guerra no Iraque pode arrastar-se
Caça ao homem
Clashes Continue Along Supply Lines
EE UU vuelve a bombardear a civiles en un ataque sin tregua sobre Bagdad
030401
Bombardeamentos intensos tentam quebrar defesas de Bagdad
Avanço aliado
Army Has First Close Clashes With Republican Guard Units
EE UU lanza 3.000 bombas en dos días contra las defensas de Bagdad
030402
Aumenta o número de vítimas civis no Iraque
Choque brutal
Forces Resume Baghdad Advance As Army Takes On Key Defenders
Decenas de mujeres y niños mueren bajo las bombas en el sur de Iraks
030403
Tropas americanas às portas de Bagdad
Ex-provedor acusado de tráfico de menores
Baghdad-Bound Forces Pass Outer Defenses
Las tropas de EE UU rompen la barrera defensiva de Bagdad

Por vezes, nem parece que estão a escrever sobre a mesma guerra...