{"id":1156,"date":"2019-08-20T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T15:38:29","slug":"discussions-the-cspan-debate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/discussions-the-cspan-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions &#8211; The CSPAN debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A general consensus emerged quickly in western media that the Serbs were to blame for the conflicts that destroyed Yugoslavia. \u00a0 But there were journalists and academics who challenged this.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, Charles Maynes, editor of the US publication &#8216;Foreign Policy&#8217;, organised a debate between those who believed that Yugoslavia had been a triumph for the media and those who felt that it had been a dark hour for journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The debate was broadcast by CSPAN via the internet &#8211; one of the very early webcasts. \u00a0Please click below to see the introduction and the keynote presentations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6NNJWssy8DU\">Introduction by Charles Maynes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1DCp4oZCaCk\">Peter Brock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s29rqVP_2ec\">Charles Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iWp4W9odH9I\">Edward Vulliamy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4bnYv7-XQM4\">David Binder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (CSPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises many proceedings of the United States federal government, as well as other public affairs programming. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general consensus emerged quickly in western media that the Serbs were to blame for the conflicts that destroyed Yugoslavia. \u00a0 But there were journalists and academics who challenged this. 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