Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Iran Enrichment Plants

So Iran building enrichment plants is becoming pretty big news and the country seems pretty determined and on their way to actually succeeding. Alarabia News Channel reports about how the uranium plants are going to be in the mountains, to keep them safe from "any attacks." Compared to other news sources, reporting on the same story, Alarabia seems to concentrate on more statistics about centrifuges and how many the plants would be producing, then talking about world reactions to the talk of uranium plants. They do briefly talk about how the US and its allies want to have the United Nations put restrictions on the plants, but that is about it.

Compared to that is Fox News Channel, which basically a cry for help. They talk about all the bad things Iran could do with the uranium. It is a big worry for people in Washington and around the world. "Iran's enrichment of uranium is the central concern of the United States and other nations negotiating with the country over its disputed nuclear program" (Associated). Fox News Channel uses more adjectives, so the piece has a more emotional touch to it. They make the issue out to be a potentially harmful thing, which is how the United States feels about it.

BBC News had a whole article about the fears of people, and what Iran could do with the Uranium. They are taking a whole article to talk about what could happen, and why people are afraid. ". . . according to an unusually forthright report by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released last week, Iran's level of co-operation with the agency is decreasing, adding to concerns about "possible military dimensions" to its nuclear programme" (BBC). They go through what Iran's plans are with plants, supposedly, and what Iran has been telling the public. How the supreme leader told the public that plants will not be for weapons, and how leaders in Iran have repeatedly told the public that the uranium and nuclear power will be used for electricity.

Al-awwal, Rabi. "Iran to build 2 new enrichment plants in March." Al Arabiya
News Channel. AlArabiya.net., 25 Feb. 2010. Web. 24 Feb. 2010.
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Associated Press. "Iran Unveils Plans to Work on 2 New Uranium Enrichment
Sites." Fox News Channel. FOX News Network, 22 Feb. 2010. Web. 24 Feb.
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BBC News. "Iran 'to build two new nuclear sites this year.'" BBC News. BBC, 22
Feb. 2010. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. 8528117.stm>.

1 comment:

  1. Solid post. Add an Asian source to help diversify your coverage. I like your voice, you do a great job reporting on the reporting.

    What do you think are the possible outcomes of the US coverage in influencing America's perspective? Do you think, after considering other international coverage, that the US is blowing things out of proportion or are other nations playing it down?

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