The word Terrorism is referring to an act against citizens or property of The United States

of America. Terrorism can come in two vary distinct types: foreign and domestic. The foreign

type of terrorism is perpetrated by a person, persons, or group who has origins outside of this

country. Then there is also domestic terrorism which is perpetrated by someone who is a legal

citizen of this county. But the media has an tremendous effect on the way that terrorism is and

One of the first example of an well publicized terrorism act that I can remember was the

Bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building back in 1995. This tragedy happened

on April 19, 1995 somewhere around 9:03 a.m. in the morning. In the building there was a day

care facility for all the employees with children, so it that time in the morning all the parents

were dropping off there children so they could go to work An article from nearly two weeks after

the attack stated “A stunned nation watched as the bodies of men women and children were

pulled out from the rubble for nearly two weeks. When the smoke cleared and the exhausted

rescue workers had picked up and left, 168 peo

they wrote stories about them for the next year and a half. They included stories like: ” A small

us. “At the onset of the war on terrorism, President Bush announced a doctrine: Regimes that

listeners a detailed and convincing history of the U.S. and Israeli aggression against them.” (4p)

concerned with being objective or just trying to get the story out to all the millions of people that

....there is one essential fact that should help us get a handle on things. What happened

soil.” (The Bomb) This was the top story for weeks afterwards. The media really latched onto

was done by a fellow American citizen. That terrorist attack forever changed the way we as a

But less than two months earlier the press knew that “....even in a crises, the public is quick to

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