This was the first thing I heard about when I woke up this morning and am a little surprised no one else has already posted about it. After reviewing a variety of articles I found the BBC article, which includes a clip of Barbara Walters interviewing Obama, particularly interesting. The clip begins with Walters asking Obama if an attack on South Korea is an attack on the US. Obama responds by calling S. Korea our ally, affirming the US commitment to defend them and does not disclose military action as he wants to talk with S. Korea' President Lee. The article that follows uses quotes from Obama, information about today's event, and quotes from the UN towards the beginning. Only once you scroll down do you see information coming from N. Korea. Another article I looked at included quotes from North Korea before almost everything else. I thought this was an interesting case of framing as the two sources chose different information to put at the forefront of the articles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11825445
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/11/23
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