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Byline: Peter Dobrin
Like quick-firing subliminal messengers, special music is telling TV viewers and radio listeners what to think and how to feel about the war on Iraq even before they hear the news.
Some news outfits, most notably NPR, are augmenting reporting with music that telegraphs the idea that something important is about to be said, without being especially militaristic, patriotic or mournful.
But others, such as CNN, CBS and Fox News, are producing a soundtrack to news that yells, "We're at war!"
CBS ordered up a package of music options from composer Peter Fish "to try to take into account as many situations as possible," said Eric Shapiro, director of the "CBS Evening News" and CBS ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Media's war music carries a message.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)