A Net shadow for mainstream news

IN Media Practice | 26/08/2002

A Net shadow for mainstream news

Each day, GVNews.Net "shadows" the global news output of The Associated Press, Reuters, CNN.com and The New York Times.

The US based media watch initiative, Media Channel.org, has introduced a service which takes items in the mainstream news and offers diverse perspectives on it, some from the region where the news originates.

THE GVNEWS.NET SHADOW
Globalvision News Network -- www.gvnews.net
August 22, 2002

Each day, GVNews.Net "shadows" the global news output of The Associated Press, Reuters, CNN.com and The New York Times. We offset their news leads with more diverse perspectives drawn from our global network of more than 275 local and regional news providers. This unique reporting is delivered here as the GVNews.Net Shadow.

SHADOWING THE NEW YORK TIMES</SPAN< b>

NY TIMES: Musharraf Redraws Constitution
Gen. Pervez Musharraf unilaterally redrew Pakistan¿s Constitution, imposing amendments that expand his control of the country he took over by coup -- changes that undermine coming parliamentary elections meant to return the nation to democracy.

THE GVNEWS.NET SHADOW
---GULF NEWS: Musharraf Empowers Himself
---BALOCHISTAN POST: Musharraf Prolongs His Dictatorship
---ASIA TIMES ONLINE: Pakistan¿s Growth Fraught with Risk
---IANS: Musharraf¿s New Order To Ensure His Extended Stay
---DAWN: Amendments Irreversible, Musharraf Says
---IANS: U.S. Declines To Comment on Musharraf¿s Amendments

SHADOWING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AP: Protests Planned for U.N. Summit
Activists coming to the World Summit on Sustainable Development say they are planning massive demonstrations that will be organized and peaceful - unless police provoke them.

THE GVNEWS.NET SHADOW
---EARTH TIMES: Prospects for Johannesburg -- Economist Jeffrey Sachs
---AENS: Alleged Teargassing Mars World Summit Preparations
---EA STANDARD: Challenge Ahead of Johannesburg Earth Summit
---THIS DAY: IMF Lists Conditions for Sustainable Development
---BUSINESS DAY: Southern Africa Reels Under Its Food Shortages

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