Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Qadddafi Reps Visited China in Attempt to Buy Arms
Hey guys, I read some articles yesterday from Fox News, The New York Times, and the Huffington Post that reported the ex Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi had sent his representatives to bid to buy arms from China. The Chinese government did confirm that the representatives were there but have also claimed that no arms have been sent and that they refuse to cooperate with Qaddafi. What makes this more controversial is that the Rebel Military Spokesman in Libya claims that there have been arms have been shipped through Algeria to Qaddafi's forces from Chinese companies. The articles I read were all pretty similar, they each presented the story in the same way, the only difference was that the article from Fox News was much shorter than the articles from the New York Times and the Huffington Post. The New York Times and Huffington Post were at least twice as long and contained more quotes. I definitely want to continue reading about this because no definite conclusion has been made of whether China has been aiding Qaddafi or not. Something that I thought was pretty interesting was the tone of the articles. It seemed as if the writers, while writing a report, also seemed to write as if they believed China is definitely aiding Qaddafi. They brought up the fact that before the revolts took place that China was a regular supplier of arms to Qaddafi and so it seems as if the reporters believe it is definitely possible that their relationship is still ongoing. I enjoyed reading all of the articles and they were all very well written, but if I were to put stock into one of them as the best, it would be the one from the New York Times. I felt it had the most information about the topic and had multiple quotes from both sides of the argument.
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Francis,
ReplyDeleteOverall good job analyzing the three takes on one piece of news. You have a very clear and crisp style of writing - notable!
I am curious, though, just what the Fox News report on the alleged Chinese arms deals to Libya DID say? Did it include most, some or none of the info the other two reports did? Was it 100 words while the others were 250+ ? It's always good to add specifics...
A question about your discussion of writing tone. Were the NYTimes and Huffington Post just offering context when they mentioned that China was a regular supplier of arms to Qaddafi before the rebel revolt? I'm not sure I'd find that to be slanted toward the view that China definitely did this new deal, but maybe you saw something more...