... regular citizens voted or were registered to vote. They were no political ads, just speeches on the radio which everyone ignored, he got most of his news from the older people at work who would talk about it in a secretive manner, and anyone speaking against the government was considered a communist. The Catholic ... unable to watch the games." I agree with him strongly. When my grandfather was growing up, the news was something that you find out much later after the act. Now he feels that the news is very often created and based mostly on speculation based on rumors. The media feeds it...

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... newspaper, magazines, broadcast to internet. From local, entertainment, sports, medical, finance, to international news. Most of the news (on the newspaper or TV) implied through images, rather than directly stated in words. The question then arises ... armed to defend themselves against the seductions of eloquence? It is definitely possible that omitted information of the news misunderstood, even misleading audiences. When I first saw this picture on TV; I thought it was entertainment news, which was introducing a new showing movie, because it looked like the scene of the disaster or .....

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... started watching seconds after the second plane hit the World Trade Center. I thought I was going to throw up. I hoped I was dreaming. I was watching the news but it did not look like the news, it looked like a movie. I prayed as I watched the chaos on the TV. I called home to make sure my Mom had the TV on. Then ... to get through to most of them, all of the phone lines, both celluar and to the office buildings, were busy. I stopped trying to get through once WGN news reported Chicago office buildings were closing as a precautionary measure. As the towers collapsed, I watched the most ...

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... attacking and in some cases murdering those who looked like they were of Middle Eastern descent. When the World Trade Centers came tumbling down, the news broadcasters publicly stated that this has been the biggest attack on America since Pearl Harbor. If one can remember anything about Pearl Harbor, it would ... the United States. Here is an example of a business sign with anti-Japanese propaganda taken from the April 4th, 1942 issue of the San Francisco News. As one can see in this disgustingly racist portrayal of a Japanese soldier, the subject's eyes are exaggeratedly skewed in an u...

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... catastrophe. My grandfather flagged me down as I was pulling out of my driveway, and informed me that a plane had struck the first World Trade tower. I was taken aback by the news but I believed it to be a horrible accident, but in the back of my mind I had a notion that terrorism could have been the culprit. Upon arriving at Augusta State University my ... teacher briefly mentioned the tragedy but did not disclose any details. I was frantically searching for new news and information but for the most part people were more unaware of what was going on than I was. As a matter of fact, bes...

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... in the movies, not in our country." Seconds later as I became in touch with the reality of things, utter shock and apprehension flowed throughout my body. This was CBS breaking news, not some odd science fiction on HBO. I was horrified. Watching the image on television effected me physically and emotionally as well. Out of confusion and uncertainty, my hands started to ... who actually experienced the event, but it effected people across our nation as well. I live thousands of miles away, on the opposite side of the nation, yet I witnessed the breaking news right when it was occurring. ...

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... lost men and women who died that day. When the Twin Towers fell, the whole country sat glued to there television screens waiting for more news about what happened. I will never forget seeing the Twin Towers smoking and the mass confusion. September 11th is a day that will forever be ... remembered by everyone who watched and silently prayed that they would find a living soul in the ruble of the Towers. The news coverage of the whole event will forever be imprinted on my mind with sadness. The story's about family's being ripped apart suddenly and without notice, ... was deeply disturbi...

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... , 2001 is truly a lurid day that will live with us forever. Hearing it for the first time in geometry class, the news made my jaw drop. It was all very surreal to me. After a full day of listening to the news and then radio I was still in disbelief. I can only imagine something like this to be in an action filled movie, not ... real life. This was the news given to me at around 10:30 am 3 airliners were hijacked, taken over by terrorists. One of the planes collided with the North World Trade Center. Moments later the second ... the television. As badly as I didn't want to come to the t...

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... on the phone I heard police and ambulance sirens that overtook our dialog every ten seconds I understood that something really has happened. After the phonetalk I asked the bartender to turn on news. I was amazed by what I saw - the Twin Towers were actually in flames and after some time both towers collapsed one after another. A lot of people ask themselves how could something ... to Osama bin Laden who actually promised to attack US and now it would not be reasonable to suspect anyone else. Now all day long we can watch news on all major news channels that tell what are the casualties...

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... us that there was an accident that happened and the world trade center in New York. He told the class we could watch the news if we could pay attention and watch. We said "okay". I was watching the news hearing them talk about a plane that hit one of the towers at the world trade center. When they showed video clips of the ... plane fly by and slowly turn right into the second tower. I looked around the class and I saw everyone crunch their teeth and get real quiet. Then the lady on the news started talking about how all this could be a freak accident or a planed incident. Over the next...

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... up that morning thinking it would be like any other. It was a sunny and beautiful yet unusually warm September day. I was running late, as usual, straining to hear the morning news in the living room while in the bath room preparing myself for the day. Not only was this one of the first mornings spent in my new apartment, but this ... com land, I was quite enthusiastic about my new endeavor. Tuesday, the eleventh, we were scheduled to be shooting a print ad for David's Bridal. Suddenly, in the other room, I heard the news anchor say that a plane had hit one of the towers. Curious to see...

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I was never the type of kid that watched the news. In fact, I loathed the news. It made me aware of the ugly world I didn't want to know of. However, after the towers were hit I couldn't keep my eyes off the TV, watching the same clip ... hung up with her mother and sat down. We knew something was wrong, by the tone of her voice, as if someone had died and she was just receiving the news. When we asked her what was the matter, she told us that the towers in the city had been hit. Trying to make light of the situation, I said "Hey, maybe ... ...

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... , President Bush pledged to "renew our commitment to win the war that began here" Well isnt that just dandy! This is a perfect example of how the "news" media is more American patriotism than actual news. But hey - when was the last time our Big Brother took a moment of silence to remember the 800 000 Tutsis brutally massacred in Rwanda in 1994? Was ... the people who live in constant fear DIRECTLY because of American actions abroad? The Americans have a distinct advantage over the third world v/s the power of the media! By using patriotic news agencies such as CNN, the American people a...

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... and turned on my television, just like any other morning. As I picked out my clothes for the day, I grabbed my remote control and flipped to my local news station. Instead of seeing the normal news and weather forecast, I saw something that to this day puts chills down my spine. I saw a scene of the World Trade Center, with a gaping and smoking hole in ... it. The news reporters were saying that a plane, for some unknown reason, had accidentally crashed into the building. As I thought about how tragic an event this was, the unthinkable happened. As I watched in ... ...

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... or three minutes after taking an express elevator to the ground floor, but soon after people began evacuating the south tower the elevators were taken "off-line". He told BBC News 24: Nobody knew anything. All people knew was that our tower was OK. I think maybe some people thought if there was debris coming from the first tower the safest place ... I have to think that anyone below the 60th floor would be OK. I would hope that 60% or 70% of the people who were in tower two would have survived (BBC News). America is a country that is strong and powerful, I know we will win this war and ...

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... like it was a regular day. I was up and reading the paper at around 8:30 and eating breakfast when my phone rang. It was my sister telling me to put the news on and that I wouldn't believe what I was about to see. She was right, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The first thing i saw when i turned the t.v. was the first tower on ... sure they were okay. By this time I had hung up with your mother and I was still watching out my window in awe, while listening to more more details on the news and then that's when the first tower went down. Honestly when the first one went down, my hea...

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Do you know what happened on September 6, 1972 , on December 21, 1988 or on April 19, 1995 No? Any idea? Well let me give you the bad news, terrorists attacked. In 1972 Palestinian Black September terrorists massacred Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. In 1988 the flight 103 of Pan Am exploded and in 1995 an explosion at ... "nonconventional war" can have political, religious, cultural aims level and smooth the taking of the power by totally illicit means. By these causes, the world is shaken daily with the news of attacks produced in the public thoroughfare, where innocent people are ...

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... continued its revolt by not displaying flag lapels. Most recently as President George Bush was winning support from the Senate and House on authority to use force against Iraq, the news media was painting a different picture. Bush won the legal authority he sought by a 296-133 vote in the House and a 77-23 vote in the Senate, but of the 81 ... to the media. Reporters usually lacked experience and understanding of Asian politics. Therefore they resorted to what came naturally, looking for the most sensational angle. (Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 76-77) News stories that entered the Vietnam ...

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... up, and came into the living room. I decided to turn the television on for him so he could watch some of his favorite cartoons. The television happened to be on a news channel from the night before. It was showing a picture of a tall building with smoke rolling out of the sides of it. "Fire! Fire! Where's the fire truck?" my son shouted ... on television being on fire. My son exclaimed again, "Fire mommy! Fire!" So, we sat there and began to watch history unfold. As we sat watching the television intensely, the news channel began showing replays of an airplane running into one of the Wo...

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... . No matter who you are or where you are from, this attack affected you in one way or another. Maybe you: were there, lost a loved one, saw it on the news when you were sitting at your desk in an office somewhere, were a student who was forced to try to understand, were a survivor, were a friend of a survivor, or were a terrorist who ... , and the employees and people in and around the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the plane that went down in Pennsylvania. Bystanders: Americans who saw the tragedy on the news. And, the Gentiles or "The Righteous Among the Nations of the World": Th...

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... . It is heartbreaking to see children of a third world country whose government has taught them to hate one of the most powerful and united countries in the world. When the news confirmed the attacks in New York were terrorists acts I was filled with fear and anger. It is amazing to see the lengths people will go to execute such detailed plans ... within a matter of minutes. Since then, I have made it a point to spend so much more time doing more constructive things in my life; just living one day at a time. Suddenly, news that I usually avoided now dominates my television. My world open...

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... isn't right. If security in airports would have been tighter then we wouldn't have had two 767's turn into guided missiles on September eleventh. In the September 2001 edition of news week they compared the "security of airports to that of a Laundromat" (pp.58). If Americans ever want to feel safe in doing things like flying or attending a sporting many things ... and turned it over to a flight attendant" (Newsweek Nov. pp.34). This, an innocent mistake, could have turned into another catastrophe. Another astounding stories I found in the November issue of News Week was that, "in 1998 a...

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Have you noticed all the reminders of the tragedy that occurred on September 11? Television news programs, signs, billboards, and American flags cause us to go back to the day it all began. The nation seems to have been united since then. The patriotism in our ... situation that the United States of America will be united. Being united as a nation is a way of patriotism. It made us realize how wonderful it is to be an American. News headlines on television read, "Attack on America." We are all Americans, so it made that attack seem personal to us all. It seems as though we all know someone w...

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... the terrorists even thought about trying to attack the US another time: physically and mentally. After the suicide attacks on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, there was news coverage on the channel four news that interviewed citizens and their feelings after the attacks. The attitude of US citizens changed dramatically after the attacks. A lot of them felt very vulnerable and insecure ... ...

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... as I had always heard. On September 11, 2001, I changed the way I thought about the people of this country. Walking through the halls of my High School after I had heard the news that two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center, I had mixed emotions and feelings. Being only seventeen years old, I did not comprehend or understand the magnitude of the events ... more about the events that were taking place all across America, I started to realize that these happenings were much more significant than I had first imagined. After watching countless hours of news coverage, and hearing ...

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