When Americans began to believe that weapons of mass destruction existed and decided that Iraq was providing support to al Queda, the war could be justified as an act of self defense. Bush also told Americans by invading Iraq he would bring a democracy to their country to better the policies and enforce democratic beliefs in their country. The role of the media plays an imminent part in the run up to the war in Iraq. The media repeatedly showed the planes crashing into the World Trade Centers. People were watching this horrific act being shown on every news channel for weeks after the attacks occurred.
Over 6,000 lives, most of them American, have been lost because of his actions. Many Muslims have now been given a stereo type of being “violent terrorists,” just because of the alacrities of a handful of extremists. Due to bin Laden’s interfering with the United States, they abortively invaded Afghanistan, punching a dent in President Bush’s presidency, and throwing the economy into turmoil. Any hope of returning to the former lifestyle that Americans had once enjoyed has been long dissipated. Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that he founded in the early 1980’s, has been encouraging other minor terrorists to take action, making the world an over-all more dangerous place to live.
Furthermore, media has an enormous amount of power to influence or question the system (pg. 140 Eitzen & Zinn). On that account, just like in the Control Room, the media exemplified in the film such as CENTCOM and Al Jazeera use media to influence their viewers with propaganda in order to shape their thoughts about the enemy and who to
Diet of television is the answer. I think parents should not replace a baby sitter for the TV, or even replace them selves for the TV. I know a lot of parents who prefer to sleep 30 minutes alone, and all they do is send their children to watch TV or play violent video games, they totally forget about the damage it is causing to them, and when they grow up parents complaint why their children are so violent with them and everybody else. I think the idea of built-in time-channel lock circuitry is awesome. Imagine a kid solving a puzzle -which will help to develop his brain- instead of watching TV; also this kind of activities will keep him safe from violence.
24 Analysis Ginia Bellafante is a journalist for the New York Times, and in 2007 she wrote an article entitled “In the 24 World, Family Is the Main Casualty” that dives into the family relationship problems of the popular television show, 24. 24 is a television show that revolves around United States Counter-Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer and his continuous attempts at thwarting the destruction of the United States. The show was criticized for many reasons by many organizations for depicting government sanctioned torture, stereotyping Muslims as bad, and the common portrayal of domestic violence, as normal. In Bellafante’s critical analysis of 24, she focuses primarily on the issue of domestic violence, referencing the show’s apparent lack of respect for family ties. As Bellafante analyses the family connections in 24, she inadvertently reveals that the show’s plotline is making a broader statement about what officers and soldiers sacrifice in the line of duty for the sake of our country, and is furthermore making suggesting that the creators of 24 are using the show to express their gratitude.
Newspapers, homepages, and newscasts filled their content with prejudiced information which distorted many Americans point of view. A quote aired from ABC News Message Board displays exactly how the nation felt directly after the attacks, “The Muslims are a bunch of savages that should be nuked off the face of the earth. The Islamic way of life, their nations,
On September 20th, 2001, nine days after the tragedy of September 11th, George W. Bush addressed the world on the principal issues at hand. In his speech, he referred to the “terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda” as “murderers” who are “a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.” Bush further described Al-Qaeda’s motives and ideologies, stating that “their directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children” (http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/20/gen.bush.transcript/). Bush’s effort to paint Al-Qaeda as a group beyond the limits of human decency and behavior, as a group that no civilized person could sympathize with, was met with open arms. In turn, his rhetoric garnered the sympathy of the global community and encouraged them to aid the U.S. in its effort to find and destroy its attackers. As black and white as Bush’s rhetoric may seem, it was integral in unifying a shocked nation and rallying unprecedented support from much of the rest of the world.
The film tells of Malcolm X’s transformation from an adulterer, drug addict and criminal to an Islamic preacher, civil rights activist and leader for the Afro-American community. Lee, as a renowned political and social commentator, extends beyond the historical image of Malcolm X to represent the controversy of his actions and words through the conflicting perspectives in the film. The opening credits introduce a multitude of issues surrounding Malcolm X. Lines from one of his speeches, “I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on Earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on Earth”, overlap an image of the American flag which is interrupted by a video of police brutally attacking a Negro, then American flag begins to burn into the shape of an X.
Great oraters like Dr. King exclaimed, "If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read 'Vietnam.' " Magazines stamped out hundreds of anti war articles. Teenagers snuck out to join protests, and thus fueled the frenzy. Many people who had held an arbitrary standpoint, now because of herd mentality joined the cause. On October 15,1969, an ultimatum was offered: end the war, or face a enormous strike.
He ordered his followers to administer lethal amounts of cianide to their children, their elders, and ultimately themselves. In 1993, the 100 followers of David Korsesh in Wasco, Texas barracaded themselves in their compound. When federal agents gave orders, which were defied, these members literally burned their compound to the ground. In 1997, followers of "Heaven's Gate," were conviced to committ a mass suicide. More recently in 2001, under the leader of Osama Bin Laden, AL-Queda followers hijacked airliners and flew them into the World Trade Centers (New York) and the Pentagon (Washington DC).