Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 46 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title The media and the U.S. government VTMBH Article: Author Ahsan Jehangir VTMBH Article: Publication News Pakistan VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb The relationship between the media and the U.S. government appears closer than ever. The media has become a place where the administration tests public reaction to a future policy, or where administration policies are "explained." And ties between the administration and the media are not simply closeboth act toward a common goal. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The relationship between media executives and the U.S. government has never appeared closer. More and more we are seeing the media propagating administration policies. It is so much the case that the media functions as either a "testing ground" for policymakingin other words, the media is where the administration tests public reaction to a future policyor a space where administration policies are "explained." Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News, went even further in cozying up to the administration by advising President Bush on the importance of harmonizing with public opinion. After September 11th, he wrote a letter to President Bush arguing that the president must wed public opinion to his policies. This incident has been written about in a book about post-September 11th administration policies called Bush at War. Ties between the administration and the media are not simply closethey act toward a common goal. When Clinton was president, he counted among his closest friends Richard Kaplan, president of CNN/USA. Kaplan used to spend a day in the White House, every week, with Clinton. Is it too much to say that Clinton regularly briefed a senior executive of a major news outlet? An example of the common goals between the media and the administration is the build up and demonizing of Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. It is common knowledge that Saddam has committed terrible wrongs against the Iraqi people and neighboring countries. But the media does not point out that most of these crimes were committed while Saddam was an ally of the United States until 1988. Today Saddam is presented by the media as a villain who possesses chemical and biological weapons. This is because today it suits the administration to make war on him. In the case of Pervez Musharraf it is the opposite. Prior to September 11th, both the Clinton and Bush administrations were unhappy with the coup in Pakistan. In his trip to South Asia in March 2001, Clinton spent five days in India and five hours in Islamabad, during which he refused to have a photograph taken of his handshake with Musharraf. In those days, Musharraf was presented in the media as a military dictator presiding over a failed state. Post-September 11th, with Musharraf having sided with the United States, the man is now an ally of this country, with the New York Times repeatedly referring to him as "a benign dictator." Musharraf, who has introduced a democracy in Pakistan which is no threat to his presidency, and which has restored the same corrupt politicians from previous regimes, is presented by all media outlets as a "progressive" and a "moderate" Muslim. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-11 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 78 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The media and the U.S. government 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The relationship between the media and the U.S. government appears closer than ever. The media has Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-11