Canadian Press Coverage in the Middle East

Canadian news coverage in the Middle East In December 1985, Canadian media reported suicide with hundreds of violence in the Middle East. In obvious instinctive response to over-population problems, the mouse deliberately fell on the cliff above the Golan Heights. This strange story is not only being reported directly in the media of Canada, it is also an editorial of "Global Mail" on December 20th. On November 1, 1985, Globe and Mail also released a picture of a visit to the Roman Catholic Church. A Brazilian pastor prayed on the banks of the Jordan River, where Christ was baptized.

This survey analyzes Canadian news coverage on the Middle East during the two comparison periods. The first was in the last quarter of 1985, mainly during the hostages, bombing and killing times by Palestinians and their supporters. The events during this period included the abduction of the Italian cruise ship Akil Lauro and the killing of American senior passengers, the hijacking of the Egyptian airliner from Athens to Cairo when Egyptian troops attacked Malta's plane, 60 Passengers died in Rome and exploded at the El Al check-in counter at Vienna Airport, resulting in the death of 18 people and some progress on hostage taking in Lebanon. The latter period was from December 1987 to September 1988 and was dominated by the riots of Gaza and the West Bank Palestine (riot).

When analyzing the Middle Eastern actor in the Canadian news coverage of 1985, it turned out that the media focused on the so-called "core" in the Middle East. Israel dominated the press by covering 256 items (47.2% of cases) that were fully or partially related to the country. The Palestinian Liberation Organization (143 F), the other Palestinian actors (141), Egypt (123), Lebanon (86) are the most important focus. As long as the media does not include issues of Palestine or Lebanon, there is little room to report on trends in other Middle Eastern countries.