I’m currently working on the research for a paper (IB extended essay, if anyone’s wondering.) Topic of choice is international media coverage of the 2000 Presidential Election fiasco here in the states vs. our own domestic media (basically, differences in what was reported, how it was done so, and what the rest of the world thought of our madness.)
Basically - does anyone have anything to say on this? Were other nations concerned? Amused? Befuddled? Something else? Anecdotal evidnece (“I remember a headline…”, etc) is more than welcome.
Additionally: anyone know of anywhere I could find actual copies of news articles (preferably front-page, but any will do) from, say, Nov. 6, 2000? I’m thinking that some pictures/clippings from various international sources would help.
The election was covered in the foreign press. Some had extensive coverage, others less. My parents were in London when Bush, Sr. was elected and they said there was extensive coverage and there was no controversy in that election. It stands to reason a disputed election would get heavy coverage in England.
The US is a major player so our political news is reported in a lot of foreign papers. The international reaction would be mixed, I’d imagine. I’d suggest looking in online archives of newspapers from around the world or searching Nexis if you have access.
If you’re at a university you should be able to find newspapers in some format that would allow for making a copy of a picture.
All the UK “broadsheet” (i.e. non-tabloid) newspapers have online archives that extend back to 2000. Some require registration and some a subscription.
Since you say you welcome anecdotes, I’ll offer this:
I recall many foreign papers making a big deal about how the US election process had broken down, and how this represented a crisis. International reports were, in general, much more dire than domestic reports - made it sound as if democracy was coming to an end, in some cases. Kinda funny, really.
Jeff
The main source for that news in India was CNN and BBC. CNN had wider and more intense converage. Almost 24 hours a day. I watched almost 24 hours a day. I believe we get the CNN International edition that, I assume, is not significantly different, or differently biased, from the USA edition. All the press briefings from either side were covered live in our edition. Even the court sessions were covered live. I especially liked the way David Boies approached his case.
It was one of the more memorable live events covered on TV, in my opinion. The only time since that I have watched CNN as much and for as long is now during this war.
If you have a questionairre I would gladly fill it in for you.
CNN is very different from CNN International. They have non-Americans in crucial editing and reporting roles that give a whole different slant to many events.
IB = International Baccalauriate (sp?). Similar to AP, but international (obviously), and by some accounts, harder. If you want all your classes to be incredibly hard, you can do IB diploma, which requires taking a quasi-philosphy course and writing a 4000 word Extended Essay (research paper) as well.
