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war coverage in the media
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ANALYSIS ‘Death missing in G-rated war’ is an opinion piece written by Neil Mitchell in the Herald Sun. The title of this article automatically refers to the coverage of the war in Iraq as entertainment by using the term ‘G-rated’. This is the term recognised in the classification of television and movies nation-wide. G-rated or general is the lowest rating suitable for the whole family regardless of age. The reason that Mitchell believes war coverage can be classified as ‘G’ is because of the ‘Death missing’. By saying that death is missing, he is referring to the lack of images and footage of the dead in the broadcasts to the public. In the first paragraph the issue of whether or not scenes from the battle field should be broadcast to the entire world is made of obvious. He then goes on to describe the coverage on war as entertainment positively, stating that it’s “a sort of Big Brother series with blood”. In using such a well known international reality television series in his black humour, Mitchell has created a paragraph that will further engage the reader by relating it to something they may watch regularly. Immediately after this Mitchell hits you with the negative aspect in describing it as “confusing, frightening and potentially dangerous”, giving the reader both sides of the issue at hand. The story is then told of the first live pictures of combat being shown to the world by SKYTV. At the same time these images were being broadcast, Australia playing in the World Cup Cricket was being shown on another channel. Audiences had a choice to support their Marines fighting in Iraq or to cheer on the Australian Cricket team. By comparing footage from the battle field to a match of cricket it makes war out to be just a game, taking all seriousness out of the act of bloodshed and suffering and turning it into just something else to watch on TV.
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