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http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/truth_the_first_casualty_of_the_russo-georgia_war/ Championing Independent Journalism Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/truth_the_first_casualty_of_the_russo-georgia_war/#comment-694 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:05:41 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3065#comment-694 t know English and rely on quotes and digests provided by local media, and those digests never included anything but supporting the country. Sometimes, it was just funny when, in August 2008, I would spend morning running through internet versions of different western newspapers, and later in the afternoon, while driving to the next village to see what was happening there, I could hear on radio a “digest of todayâ€s international media” with carefully selected references. But people in Georgia didnâ€t know about it and believed in propaganda bullshit. Btw, many still believe. Thank you for your interest one more time All the best Margarita Akhvlediani ]]> Dear colleagues, I am pleased to hear that you are interested in the research I made. I spend months reading newspapers in libraries and in the internet and watching thousands TV reports on both Georgian and Russian languages. Actually, the research just confirmed what I expected after spending many years trying to improve the Georgian media quality.
I share your interest to see about how western media was covering the war and why it did such poorly. Initially, I was going to write a separate part of Western media as one of the “warriors” participating in August war. Western media mostly reported that time unprofessionally and aggressively and really made a situation even hotter. Local media popularized all those articles and TV reports wildly. And people in Georgia mostly don’t know English and rely on quotes and digests provided by local media, and those digests never included anything but supporting the country. Sometimes, it was just funny when, in August 2008, I would spend morning running through internet versions of different western newspapers, and later in the afternoon, while driving to the next village to see what was happening there, I could hear on radio a “digest of today’s international media” with carefully selected references. But people in Georgia didn’t know about it and believed in propaganda bullshit. Btw, many still believe.
Thank you for your interest one more time
All the best
Margarita Akhvlediani

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/truth_the_first_casualty_of_the_russo-georgia_war/#comment-693 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:29:53 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3065#comment-693 I would love to see more information about the international media’s coverage of the war. I seem to remember a distinct shift in tone – during and immediately after the war, it was strongly supportive of Georgia. The international media became increasingly critical of the decisions the Georgian leadership made leading up to the war about a month later, but immediately after it, Russian and Georgian delegations canvassed American political events (remember, this was high election season in the US) to try and drum up further PR and support for ‘their side’. That is my cursory impression, but if anyone is aware of a more rigorous study on this topic, I would be very interested to hear it.

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