Listening Post - Global financial crisis - 26 Sep 08 -Part 1
- 12 years ago
The Listening Post looks at how the global economic crisis has the media reaching for the superlatives as they predict 'the end of capitalism'.
In this week's News Divide we take a look at a truly global story: The collapse of some of Wall Street's most venerable financial institutions has left economies around the world trembling.
The financial and business pages have taken over the front pages and news anchors are competing to find strong enough superlatives to characterise the disaster.
But did the media ring the alarm bells loudly enough in the months preceding recent events? And how does the popular press make economics accessible to a non-specialist audience?
Plus, in part two, we look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election.
Also in part two, join us for our Newsbytes and Video of the Week.
In this week's News Divide we take a look at a truly global story: The collapse of some of Wall Street's most venerable financial institutions has left economies around the world trembling.
The financial and business pages have taken over the front pages and news anchors are competing to find strong enough superlatives to characterise the disaster.
But did the media ring the alarm bells loudly enough in the months preceding recent events? And how does the popular press make economics accessible to a non-specialist audience?
Plus, in part two, we look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election.
Also in part two, join us for our Newsbytes and Video of the Week.