Editing Media coverage of the Iraq War (section)

==Non-US media coverage==
Non-US coverage sometimes differed strongly in tone and content from US media coverage.

In some countries television journalists' behavior differed significantly during the conflict compared to Gulf War conflicts.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} [[Jean-Marie Charon]] said most journalists were more cautious, often using the conditional form and rigorously citing sources.

The crew of {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}}, Britain's [[flagship]], demanded that the BBC be turned off on the ship because of what they saw as a clear anti-Coalition or "pro-Iraq" bias. One BBC correspondent had been embedded on the ship, but the crew said they had no complaints of his reporting specifically. The sailors on board the ship claimed that the BBC gave more credit to Iraqi reports than information coming from British or allied sources, often questioning and refusing to believe reports coming from Coalition sources while reporting Iraqi claims of civilian casualties without independent verification. The ship's news feed was replaced with [[Sky News]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768569.html?menu=news.wariniraq |title='Angry' Ark Royal crew switch off BBC |access-date=April 19, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030421084054/http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768569.html?menu=news.wariniraq |archive-date=April 21, 2003 |date=April 8, 2003 |website=[[Ananova]]}}</ref> Ironically, it later emerged from a study conducted by Professor Justin Lewis of the School of Journalism at Cardiff University that the BBC was the most pro-war of British networks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/07/bbc-j10.html|title=BBC was most pro-war of British networks|first=Robert|last=Stevens|website=[[World Socialist Web Site]] |date=July 10, 2003}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2024}} a finding confirmed in a separate study by the German newspaper ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/05/med-m02.html|title=Media bosses admit pro-war bias in coverage of Iraq|first=Patrick|last=Martin|website=[[World Socialist Web Site]] |date=May 2, 2003 |author-link=Patrick Martin (journalist)}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2024}}

The war in Iraq saw [[Abu Dhabi TV]] mature into a credible Al-Jazeera rival. However, the war did not benefit [[Al-Arabiya]], the newest of Arabic news networks. Created by the Saudi audio-visual group [[Middle East Broadcasting Center|MBC]] to compete with Al-Jazeera (whose tone often displeases Saudi leaders), Al-Arabiya was launched on February 19, 2003.

In Australia, the [[Seven Network]] launched a news bulletin in March 2003, titled "Target Iraq", covering the latest news from the crisis in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9T-2hAEGE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Fp9T-2hAEGE| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Seven News: Target Iraq - Open and Close (March 17, 2003)|via=[[YouTube]]|date=August 8, 2012|access-date=February 1, 2018 |publisher=AM News Videos}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/seven-fires-first-salvos-in-the-ratings-battle-20030313-gdvda7.html|title=Seven fires first salvos in the ratings battle|publisher=The Age|date=13 March 2003|accessdate=21 May 2025}}</ref> When the strike on Iraq ended, the bulletin was renamed ''Seven's 4:30 News'' (now ''Seven Afternoon News'') and it became a permanent fixture on the Seven Network's schedule.

In Philippines, the [[ABS-CBN]] launched a news bulletin in March 2003, titled "ABS-CBN News Special Coverage: Iraq War 2003", covering the latest news from the crisis in the country.
When the strike on Iraq War ended, the bulletin was renamed ''TV Patrol'' and it became a permanent fixture on the ABS-CBN's schedule.