How they missed the big story: Norwegian news media and NATO’s military operation in Libya
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Conflict & Communication Online 2013;12(1)Abstract
This paper reports from a research project on how selected Norwegian newspapers covered the NATO-led military engagement
in Libya in 2011. As a backdrop we build on earlier research on the role between the media and security policy which had found
that in
times of war the media in general support the government. We an
alyze Norwegian newspaper's ability to present, discuss and expr
ess
opinions on the principal political and legal questions concerning international military interventions in general and Norwegia
n participation
in the NATO-led operations in Libya 2011 in
particular Our findings is that legal issues are underreported but that the left wi
ng press and
niche newspapers offer a critical opposition to the government policy and the NATO-operation.