Listening Post - Obama's inauguration - 23 Jan 09 - Part 1
- 12 years ago
On this episode of Listening Post, the 44th American president to be inaugurated and the media coverage that followed. Plus, the future of the American media under the new administration.
This week's News Divide is devoted to the arrival of the new president and how media inside and outside the US dealt with the story. When Barack Obama took the oath this past week, he grabbed airtime, headlines and opinion pages around the world.
Despite its ancient roots the ceremony provides news networks with a perfect piece of television an historic event, and a central figure whose every move the world will be watching. But did the media get the story right? Does the dominant narrative of change and the start of a new era square with the facts? And what will an Obama administration mean for the media in the United States?
This week's News Divide is devoted to the arrival of the new president and how media inside and outside the US dealt with the story. When Barack Obama took the oath this past week, he grabbed airtime, headlines and opinion pages around the world.
Despite its ancient roots the ceremony provides news networks with a perfect piece of television an historic event, and a central figure whose every move the world will be watching. But did the media get the story right? Does the dominant narrative of change and the start of a new era square with the facts? And what will an Obama administration mean for the media in the United States?