Media outlet could join Nobel peace laureates - Not the BBC
Prof Lundestad made a notable exception of the BBC. "Some years ago, the BBC would have been an obvious candidate because it was the international model for news organisations. Nowadays, it is more debatable." He added: "We all know about the problems the BBC has had in recent years," without elaborating.
MEDIA OUTLET COULD JOIN NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
BUT NOT, IT SEEMS, IF THEY WORK FOR THE BBC.
Gwladys Fouché in Oslo
Guardian (UK) - October 7, 2006 - Forget the Pulitzer prize. Drop the Royal Television Society awards. Journalists could be in line for the ultimate international accolade: the Nobel peace prize. But not, it seems, if they work for the BBC.
On October 13, when this year's laureate will be announced, media outlets could join the select group of statesmen, human rights campaigners and international organisations that have won what is, arguably, the world's most prestigious honour.
"Media organisations could receive the Nobel peace prize in future," Professor Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel committee, told MediaGuardian.co.uk.
Prof Lundestad speaks on behalf of the five committee members, who tend not to talk about their work to the media. He serves as an adviser to them and sits on all their deliberations, though he cannot vote on who gets the prize. "Good news coverage, as opposed to propaganda or inaccurate reports, can be essential to peace," he said.
Prof Lundestad mentioned several contenders, such as CNN, the New York Times, Le Monde and El Pais.
HOWEVER, HE MADE A NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF THE BBC.
"Some years ago, the BBC would have been an obvious candidate because it was the international model for news organisations. Nowadays, it is more debatable." He added: "We all know about the problems the BBC has had in recent years," without elaborating.
Regarding this year's laureate, speculation has focused on the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, for bringing an end to the conflict in Aceh, the Indonesian province ravaged by the 2004 tsunami.
Alternatively, the committee may choose a female activist. Only 12 out of 113 peace prizes have been awarded to women so far, although two of the last three winner were female - the Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi in 2003 and Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai in 2004.
A possible contender could be Rebiya Kadeer, a prisoner of conscience in the Xinjiang Uyghur region in China.
The peace prize is announced every year in October and the awards ceremony takes place in December in Oslo.
[andend] - Guardian Newspapers 2006 - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/f4vjq
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Le Monde and El Pais sometimes have information which is OK, but I can't imagine Professor Geir Lundestad, as secretary of the Norwegian Nobel committee even taking the word New York Times or CNN in his mouth. The global dislike of the intelligence insulting BBC (Broadcasting Blair's Crap) is understandable.
THE BBC HAS NEARLY KILLED JOURNALISM - Google Web Results 1-10 of about 17,500 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +BBC. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/fo3g5
THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ONE OF THE WORST WAR PROPAGANDA RAGS - Google Web Results 1-10 of about 10,500 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +"New York Times".Url.: http://tinyurl.com/je9z3
CNN's TV BRAINWASHING - Google Results 1-10 of about 10,100 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +CNN. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/kdloh
* "It's dangerous to be right when your government is wrong." - Voltaire
*Throw out war propagandists like the BBC, FOX, CNN etc.! - Url.: http://www.cemab.be/news/2006/07/1632.php
* FOX: Video 49 min. - The example how viewers are brainwashed and 'outfoxed' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/b2zzl
* 'Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one' — A.J. Liebling - The merciless engine of propaganda has been turned on: The infamous US 'Lie Factory' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8ncal
* The Dutch author this far has lived and worked abroad - never in an English speaking country - for more than 4 decades for international media as an independent foreign correspondent, of which 10 years - also during Gulf War I - in the Arab World and the Middle East. Seeing worldwide that every bullet and every bomb breeds more terrorism!
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MEDIA OUTLET COULD JOIN NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
BUT NOT, IT SEEMS, IF THEY WORK FOR THE BBC.
Gwladys Fouché in Oslo
Guardian (UK) - October 7, 2006 - Forget the Pulitzer prize. Drop the Royal Television Society awards. Journalists could be in line for the ultimate international accolade: the Nobel peace prize. But not, it seems, if they work for the BBC.
On October 13, when this year's laureate will be announced, media outlets could join the select group of statesmen, human rights campaigners and international organisations that have won what is, arguably, the world's most prestigious honour.
"Media organisations could receive the Nobel peace prize in future," Professor Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel committee, told MediaGuardian.co.uk.
Prof Lundestad speaks on behalf of the five committee members, who tend not to talk about their work to the media. He serves as an adviser to them and sits on all their deliberations, though he cannot vote on who gets the prize. "Good news coverage, as opposed to propaganda or inaccurate reports, can be essential to peace," he said.
Prof Lundestad mentioned several contenders, such as CNN, the New York Times, Le Monde and El Pais.
HOWEVER, HE MADE A NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF THE BBC.
"Some years ago, the BBC would have been an obvious candidate because it was the international model for news organisations. Nowadays, it is more debatable." He added: "We all know about the problems the BBC has had in recent years," without elaborating.
Regarding this year's laureate, speculation has focused on the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, for bringing an end to the conflict in Aceh, the Indonesian province ravaged by the 2004 tsunami.
Alternatively, the committee may choose a female activist. Only 12 out of 113 peace prizes have been awarded to women so far, although two of the last three winner were female - the Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi in 2003 and Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai in 2004.
A possible contender could be Rebiya Kadeer, a prisoner of conscience in the Xinjiang Uyghur region in China.
The peace prize is announced every year in October and the awards ceremony takes place in December in Oslo.
[andend] - Guardian Newspapers 2006 - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/f4vjq
FPF - Related:
Take your pick: Google selection - Web Results 1 - 10 of about 1,550,000 for "Nobel Peace Prize" +politics. http://tinyurl.com/jhr4s
Le Monde and El Pais sometimes have information which is OK, but I can't imagine Professor Geir Lundestad, as secretary of the Norwegian Nobel committee even taking the word New York Times or CNN in his mouth. The global dislike of the intelligence insulting BBC (Broadcasting Blair's Crap) is understandable.
THE BBC HAS NEARLY KILLED JOURNALISM - Google Web Results 1-10 of about 17,500 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +BBC. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/fo3g5
THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ONE OF THE WORST WAR PROPAGANDA RAGS - Google Web Results 1-10 of about 10,500 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +"New York Times".Url.: http://tinyurl.com/je9z3
CNN's TV BRAINWASHING - Google Results 1-10 of about 10,100 for "Henk Ruyssenaars" +CNN. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/kdloh
* "It's dangerous to be right when your government is wrong." - Voltaire
*Throw out war propagandists like the BBC, FOX, CNN etc.! - Url.: http://www.cemab.be/news/2006/07/1632.php
* FOX: Video 49 min. - The example how viewers are brainwashed and 'outfoxed' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/b2zzl
* 'Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one' — A.J. Liebling - The merciless engine of propaganda has been turned on: The infamous US 'Lie Factory' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8ncal
* The Dutch author this far has lived and worked abroad - never in an English speaking country - for more than 4 decades for international media as an independent foreign correspondent, of which 10 years - also during Gulf War I - in the Arab World and the Middle East. Seeing worldwide that every bullet and every bomb breeds more terrorism!
* FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information. Url.: http://liimirror.warwick.ac.uk/uscode/17/107.html
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Editor: Henk Ruyssenaars
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