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Times Watch for 02/18/03
NY Times Celebrates Rally: “Throwing a Party With a Purpose”
The New York Times on Sunday matched the tone of the networks. “Wide Range of Ages, Races and Parties Unite on Iraq,” proclaimed the February 16 headline over a series of dispatches from protest cities, starting with London.
The Times headlined the summary from Paris: “Throwing a Party With a Purpose.” Over the dispatch from Rome: “A Festive Tone, But Somber Ideas.”
Craig Smith began his piece from Paris:
“It was a party a hundred thousand strong, flowing haltingly below the slated mansard roofs of Paris's stately avenues, accompanied by balloons and banners and vendors selling foot-long hot dogs and fries. If there is one thing the French know how to do, it is how to conduct a demonstration.
“Ladies in stiletto heels and fur-fringed jackets, fathers pushing strollers trailing McDonald's balloons, drably dressed union members, students in face paint and carnival clothes — all turned out to make some noise. Yet despite the gay atmosphere beneath a brilliant blue sky, the message was stark, even dark.
"'The United States is a barbarian country,' shouted some. 'Bush, let's murder,' shouted others. One group chanted, 'Bush, Blair, Sharon, Putin, Chirac: Justice in Palestine, don't touch Iraq.'"...
For the series of dispatches which all ran together: CLICK HERE
-- Brent Baker
E-mail Times Watch Director, Clay Waters, with Times Watch feedback at cwaters@mediaresearch.org