Outline
Introduction, media’s misrepresentation of Sep-11 attack – Media suspect the role of the Govt. – media create the feeling of Islamofobia – some medias celebrated the tragedy – conclusions, based on the theses.
The terrorist attack on September 11 can be considered as the implicit failure of American success myth. Controversies are still going on about 9/11 issue. Besides it becomes apparent that a lot of differences exist in the information that can be seen in the media. BBC has also broadcasted numerous reports with believable sources. The primary reaction of most of all Americans to the terrorist attack of 9/11 was one of incredulity. During the year 1990, Americans enjoyed more dominance and free existence. These magazines and journals raised some critical questions about the national security, existence of Islams in America. This research paper, “Sep-11; A Grim Reality” is an attempt to uncover the veils of the truth of September-11.
Almost all the magazines and journals have misrepresented the issue. There is not a chance for doubting that death would come to US. A large number of news agencies revealed that the American President and the Government had known about the September 11 issue. Some articles brought out as to how the investigations were conducted, how the military and the Government ignored the warning and some crucial information about the invasions to Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the web pages discussed the finger work of the American Government by creating a kind of explosive circumstances against terrorist groups including Al Qaeda. In an article the great philosopher David Ray Griffin notices that “an American citizen question the level to which we can trust our government with our lives.” (Griffin).
Almost all the media contributed much for creating the feeling of Islamofobia. Many nations tried to stop war and avoid the dubious reasons behind the september11 attack. The American corporate media celebrated the tragedy. These Media and magazines published a number of articles about the conspirators, live news programmes about the culprits and the role of Islamic organizations. This led to the issue of existence of Islams in America. A number of American mainstream journals did not agree to practise censorship. The following statement makes clear the real intention of American main stream medias behind the September11 attacks. It says: “one of the most famous media personalities in American news, Dan Rather of CBS has admitted that there has been a lot of self-censorship and that the U.S. media in general has been cowed by patriotic fever.” (Shah). The result of these malpractices caused the emerging of the issue ‘Home Land Security’. The Media helped to the formation of the following facts. The security policies are against Muslims, all protection policies concentrate only on the Muslims and majority of people think that American invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq may be justified.
When one analyses the 9/11 issue, one can understand that there are different aspects that led to the attack. The government forced the nation to war on the basis of false media coverage and crucial evaluations about the September11 attack. Some of the news papers and journals point out that their news is far from reality and they are ready to admit their faults in handling the September 11 issue. Some of these journals had failed to convince the people about the exact reasons for terrorist’s choice of America. These magazines and journals raised some critical questions about the national security, existence of Islams in America. And finally it led to the American attack of Afghanistan.
Works Cited
- Griffin, David Ray. Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions. A Critique of the Kean-Zelikow Report. Olive Branch Press.
- Shah, Anup. Media, Propaganda and September 11: All Sides Can Have Propaganda. Global Issues: Social, Political and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All. 2006. Web.