26/11, the multiple attacks and torturously long terror strikes in Mumbai will now be firmly entrenched in the global psyche as a sequel to 9/11 and 7/7, thanks to the international media coverage along with the magnitude and nature of the terror strike. Whether it was the International Herald Tribune,or its sister publication The New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, The Sun or The Guardian,TheWall Street Journal orThe Moscow Times,the Mumbai terror strike flashed as the lead story on the front pages on Friday even as events around Mumbai were still unfolding.
Even the electronic media globally devoted substantial hours of coverage to the Mumbai terror strikes with the BBC World sourcing feeds from Star Majha, the Marathi channel offering from the Star Group apart from NDTV, while CNN relied on footage of CNN IBN apart from creating direct interface with social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook.CNN got in touch with eyewitnesses who had shared their experiences and photographs on social networking sites and interviewed them telephonically to broadcast a first hand account.
Partly the international media spotlight was stronger primarily because the intended targets were westerners this time, point out analysts and the direction of coverage proves them correct to some extent. The International Herald Tribune decided to postpone its annual luxury conference, scheduled for first week of December to be held at New Delhi. “Following the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, we felt it was inappropriate to hold the conference at such a difficult time for India,” said Stephen Dunbar Johnson, publisher of the IHT on their website.
“We plan to be back as soon as the situation is stabilised,” he added, noting also the sensitivity to safety concerns for all participants. IHT flashed “Commandos storm Jewish centre in Mumbai” on Friday along with other stories on how India’s suspicion of Pakistan will cloud US strategy on this part of the world among others. The Wall Street Journal’s front page said, “Terrorists paralyse India’s business capital of Mumbai” with the strapline-Death toll mounts as westerners are targeted. The other issues it focussed on included “hotel safety in question”, “Distressed markets expected to fall”;referring to the BombayStock Exchange,a setback to Mumbai’s financial ambitions to rise to higher global prominence.
The Sun flashed “Horror of India’s 7/7”with obvious reference to London attacks and reported about how the European tycoon was among the dead victims after his last call to BBC. Financial Times carried “India points fingers at Pakistan” alongside mulling on how Mumbai attacks will affect investments in India. This is exclusive of the regular updates and loads of video uploads that the websites kept posting throughout Friday.
Even the electronic media globally devoted substantial hours of coverage to the Mumbai terror strikes with the BBC World sourcing feeds from Star Majha, the Marathi channel offering from the Star Group apart from NDTV, while CNN relied on footage of CNN IBN apart from creating direct interface with social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook.CNN got in touch with eyewitnesses who had shared their experiences and photographs on social networking sites and interviewed them telephonically to broadcast a first hand account.
Partly the international media spotlight was stronger primarily because the intended targets were westerners this time, point out analysts and the direction of coverage proves them correct to some extent. The International Herald Tribune decided to postpone its annual luxury conference, scheduled for first week of December to be held at New Delhi. “Following the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, we felt it was inappropriate to hold the conference at such a difficult time for India,” said Stephen Dunbar Johnson, publisher of the IHT on their website.
“We plan to be back as soon as the situation is stabilised,” he added, noting also the sensitivity to safety concerns for all participants. IHT flashed “Commandos storm Jewish centre in Mumbai” on Friday along with other stories on how India’s suspicion of Pakistan will cloud US strategy on this part of the world among others. The Wall Street Journal’s front page said, “Terrorists paralyse India’s business capital of Mumbai” with the strapline-Death toll mounts as westerners are targeted. The other issues it focussed on included “hotel safety in question”, “Distressed markets expected to fall”;referring to the BombayStock Exchange,a setback to Mumbai’s financial ambitions to rise to higher global prominence.
The Sun flashed “Horror of India’s 7/7”with obvious reference to London attacks and reported about how the European tycoon was among the dead victims after his last call to BBC. Financial Times carried “India points fingers at Pakistan” alongside mulling on how Mumbai attacks will affect investments in India. This is exclusive of the regular updates and loads of video uploads that the websites kept posting throughout Friday.
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