WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 11 (Hina) - The news about the death of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman was placed mostly on the front pages of Saturday's issues of leading United States newspapers. Michael Dobbs of "Washington Post",
described Tudjman as the leader who brought his nation to independence. Along with several critical comments on the political activities of Croatian President Tudjman, Washington's daily also ran an evaluation of a former United States Ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith, of Tudjman describing him as a dominant individual in the political scene in the Balkans during the past decade. "New York Times" published an item by David Binder in Saturday's issue. The overall negative note of the article is enforced by the lead in which Tudjman is described as a former communist general, who, as a converted nationalist, led Croatia to separation from Yugoslavia in 1991, and then to independence a
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 11 (Hina) - The news about the death of
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman was placed mostly on the front
pages of Saturday's issues of leading United States newspapers.
Michael Dobbs of "Washington Post", described Tudjman as the leader
who brought his nation to independence. Along with several critical
comments on the political activities of Croatian President
Tudjman, Washington's daily also ran an evaluation of a former
United States Ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith, of Tudjman
describing him as a dominant individual in the political scene in
the Balkans during the past decade.
"New York Times" published an item by David Binder in Saturday's
issue. The overall negative note of the article is enforced by the
lead in which Tudjman is described as a former communist general,
who, as a converted nationalist, led Croatia to separation from
Yugoslavia in 1991, and then to independence and war.
Tom Hundley of "Chicago Times" ran assessments by Croatian Foreign
Minister Mate Granic that Croatian President Tudjman was a great
leader in a specific time.
All national television networks broadcast the news on the death of
the Croatian President as early as 20.30 hours Washington D.C. time
Friday. The news was, with no exceptions, placed among two to three
of the most important news pieces of the day and was re-ran in all
information broadcasts.
The majority of television networks used information released by
news agencies. The news was followed by archive footage.
The news on the death of Croatian President Tudjman was also carried
by "The Voice of America".
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