20 maart 2003 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♓. Het was de 78e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 23 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 20 maart 2026, 81 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 20 maart 2027, in 283 dagen. Je hebt 8.482 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 203.586 uur, of ongeveer 12.215.183 minuten, of ongeveer 732.910.980 seconden.
Date: 21 March 2003
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
ABC issues profuse apology to dozens of its affiliated stations for error that left them with black screen and without news coverage of war in Iraq at beginning of their nightly newscasts (M)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Orville Schell
Orville Schell
Orville Schell reviews book What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman; photo (M)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
In some ways, war in Iraq began on American television before it began in Baghdad; on all networks, images of rolling tanks, marching troops and empty streets in Baghdad suggested that combat had begun, hours before it did; article compares and contrasts coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox (M)
Date: 21 March 2003
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
First full day of television coverage of invasion of Iraq reveals not fog of war but firestorm of riveting combat images as news media are given frontline access (M)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Jane Perlez With Jim Rutenberg
Jane With
Bush administration is courting Al Jazeera, Arab satellite network it once derided for broadcasting Al Qaeda tapes and anti-American commentators, as it fights propaganda war of Iraqi conflict; Al Jazeera is likely to become major source for Baghdad coverage now that most American television networks have left city; its real importance stems from its Arab audience, where pictures of heavy casualties caused by American bombing could arouse anti-American feelings; US hopes pictures of cheering Iraqi crowds will prevail; Al Jazeera reporters are getting choice spots with American military units and access to top administration officials; photo (M)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Nazila Fathi (NYT)
Nazila NYT
Iranian court upholds 13-month sentence of reform journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi for spreading lies; court also sentences Nargess Mohammadi, wife of reformist Taqi Rahmani, to 12 months in prison; she is found guilty of jeopardizing national security during interviews she gave while her husband was in jail (S)
Date: 20 March 2003
By David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez
Cuban authorities arrest more than two dozen dissidents they accuse of subversion and conspiracy with American diplomats; roundup singles out independent journalists whose reports on politics and daily life have earned them ire of Fidel Castro's government; group of them recently attended journalism workshop at home of James Cason, chief American diplomat in Havana; human rights advocates say authorities searched journalists' homes and confiscated fax machines, typewriters and even medicines; Cason has met often with Cuban dissidents since arriving last summer; Cuban authorities have denounced contacts as 'provocations' and threatened to close American Interests Section in Havana; similar warning was issued last year when Cason's predecessor distributed shortwave radios to government opponents (M)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Joseph B. Treaster
Joseph
Prices for insurance for ships, businesses, oil workers and journalists skyrocket as Persian Gulf region prepares for war; prices to cover ships and personnel rise to twice what they have been day before; coverage for tankers and cargo ships in gulf is being sold for seven-day voyages so that rates can be modified as conditions change (M)
Date: 21 March 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chiron Corp hires GlaxoSmithKline executive Howard Pien as chief executive and president, succeeding Sean P Lance (S)
Date: 20 March 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FedEx Corp says profit rose 23 percent in its fiscal third quarter ended Feb 28; net income rose to $147 million from $120 million year earlier; sales rose 10 percent, to $5.55 billion (S)