GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, PART 2 10/9/12

1. How were words and images in the media presented in the movie?
2. What was the response from different characters in the movie from the hotel
staff, the people in Kigali and the rest of Rwanda, the foreign nationals, the
foreign press, the UN, the international community to the following: the
information coming across the radio in Rwanda; the attitude and perception of
the foreign journalists in Rwanda; the reporting out of Rwanda to the international
community; the news coming into Rwanda from outside of the country?
3. What was the rest of the world watching, reading and listening to during the
genocide in 1994?
4. Who is accountable for the actions and inaction of the media?
5. What should we expect from the media; how can we hold them accountable?
6. What is the level of public responsibility when issues are brought to light
by the media?