The articles also frequently make use of outside sources from political leaders. Theresa May, the British Prime minister, is quoted in several of the articles giving her thoughts on the situation, and is echoed by United States President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, among others. The inclusion of comments from leaders outside the United Kingdom pushes the overall largeness of the attack, and gives the perspective of leaders. Furthermore, it gives an underlying implication of potential changes politically in the future to stop future attacks. It’s worth noting that there is also a structural bias here, the inclusion of outside leaders, particularly the American President, is undoubtedly influenced by the audience the …show more content…
Most notably, the NBC article strongly pushes the children aspect of the attack, much more so than the other articles. The first sentence of the article is: “Children were among the 22 people killed in a suicide attack after an Ariana Grande concert at Britain's Manchester Arena, police confirmed Tuesday.” The article goes on to say very explicitly “The pop star's fan base is primarily girls and teenagers, so the venue was packed full of families.” And includes Theresa May’s comment of "This attacks stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice — deliberately targeting innocent and defenseless young people who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives.” The other articles, while implying children as a target based on Ariana Grande’s inclusion in the headlines, as discussed earlier, don’t go as far in depth as this. More so than any article, the NBC piece pushes the narrative that this was an attack on …show more content…
The main focus of her tweet is “…“They [The concert goers] weren’t safe. I will never understand this hate! This was supposed to be their safe place!” The inclusion of her tweet brings a new perspective to light on the situation, and also raises a new point, this attack happened in a concert venue. In recent memory prior to this, there had been no terrorist attacks against concert or sports venues (Las Vegas notwithstanding, as it took place after this event). The inclusion of the quote gives hints at a much broader question, which could be considered from an ideological standpoint: “If concerts are no longer safe, what is?” This leads to other ideological issues, does one attack make all concerts unsafe? Does two? This gray area could be cause panic to readers who interpret her tweet that way, How do we know what is safe and what isn’t? One might conclude that we don’t, causing panic. It may be fair to speculate on if that is why her tweet wasn’t included in any other
The name of the article is called, “Blowback: U.S. Actions Abroad Have Repeatedly Led to Unintended Indefensible Consequences” by Chalmers Johnson. After reading the article by Johnson I have to say I can easily understand where the writer of the article is coming from. The article is pretty much about how the United States constantly has to deal with consequences because of their actions. The CIA described it as “blowback.”An example the writer used to support this was using the September 11 attack this is one of the most recent incidents talked about in the article. As well as, its an incident that caused a period in time when the majority of the general public actually trusted the government. This attack occurred because of the United
Immediately following this summarization, she jumps right into her accusatory tone, using the terms “soft outrage” and “hashtag activism” to explain what celebrities are doing by posting about these events on their various social media sites. Cupp coins the term early on in her article, retorting “… one only needs to look back at some recent examples of other horrifying atrocities to know that mere symbolism and solidarity -- what I call the weapons of "soft outrage" -- will not be enough to stamp out terrorism in Europe or anywhere else (par. 7). Later, she adds another made-up term into reader’s vocabulary, “hashtag activism.” She defines this by commenting “even though [#BringBackOurGirls] went viral… hashtag activism hasn 't proven very effective in the face of violent Islamic extremism” (Cupp, par.
Every time a terrorist attack happens the media jumps all over it, and puts their own twist on what had happened. “Thus, the media has a strong potential to influence how the public thinks about social problems like terrorism, especially because most people only experience terrorism through mass-media accounts...This research also finds that media portrayals of terrorism increase anxiety among the viewing public.” (Chermak, 2006) The media is one of the leading causes of stereotypes, and what influences our beliefs today. When you think of a terrorist, you may think of either a middle aged muslim male or a middle aged white male with some sort of mental or social disorder. This isn 't always the case. A terrorist can be of any race, age, and social class. Due to the media 's influence, we all believe in the same stereotypes and imagine the same description of what a terrorist may look like. This is one of the main reasons behind racial profiling.
McVeigh had a complete lack of appreciation for human life. In his attack he not only killed 168 people, but 19 of those killed were infants and toddlers. The attack was carried out and created because Timothy McVeigh thought that the government was going to repeal the second amendment. McVeigh’s logic came from witnessing the siege on the Branch Davidians’ compound, witch he viewed as illegal. The attack on the federal building caused so much uneasiness that everyone knew about him, as it was the biggest
This effect of media technology is shown later in the article when Phelps-Roper began to create a significant relationship with the outside world. Through direct messaging and connecting on Twitter, Phelps-Roper began to create meaningful relationships with people that followed her and began to question what she really believes is true compared to the teachings of the Westboro Church. When actress Brittany Murphy died on December 20, 2009 Phelps-Roper was looking through her Twitter feed and saw how many people were mourning that she had died, and instead of going on Twitter to praise God for her death, she said “I felt like I would be such a jackass to go on and post something like that.” This showed the effect media technology had on Phelps-Roper because when she originally started tweeting she did not care what others thought but wanted to get the views of the Westboro Church out, but then after she had interacted with media technology she had changed. This is when her hesitance on this matter showed her growing compassion for the feelings of people outside of Westboro.
...ay from other matters with more promise of making the country a better place” (Chapman & Harris, para. 9). Both seem to believe that we, as the American people, make ourselves look like the victims because of how the media portrays the incidents that are related to terrorism. There are many other incidents across the globe that are killing more and more people every day. There are more people who die from car crashes then there are people who have died due to some sort of terrorism related death. We, as Americans should not make this mistake of letting a tragic incident scare us and divert our attention elsewhere. As Chapman and Harris states, “we seem to have all begun to think of ourselves as terrorist targets, but, in fact, reason tells us we are in much greater danger from our friends and neighbors behind the wheels of their cars.” (Chapman & Harris, para. 9).
People started rioting because of this. People still riot whenever they see her outside in the open. Many people had and still have a large amount hate toward her. “People seem to want some kind of closure,” Yoland Delvalle observed. The people wanted justice for Caylee Anthony’s death. Since it is believed that Anthony killed her daughter, some individuals say it is like a “late abortion” for what seems to be a homicide. Rioters made signs with Caylee Anthony’s face on it and duct tape over her mouth representing a ‘later term abortion.’ “Aborting a fetus and killing a two year old child were two sides of the same devilish mind-set,” Benham, who was part of an anti-abortion group. Benham also remarked, “we are here to remember little Casey Marie, left there like trash” (Lona 1). They are not convinced she just drowned in her grandparent’s pool one day and did not freak out, going frantic trying to save her or bring her to the
In June of 2016, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States happens at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In the aftermath of Sunday morning when covering the shooting, News 13 a local news channel from Orlando used pathos in their news to create fear about terrorism to the audience. On the other hand, The New York Times used eyewitness videos and expert interviews to appeal logic.
To begin with, it is very important to bring up media bias and the news representations of war. As some may know, "during times of war when the government puts pressure on the media to support its pro-war stance and help to mobilize public support in their readers, viewers, and listeners. (Edkins, Zehfuss 157, 158). This phrase is essentially explaining that the news media many of the times will present a biased opinion for their government during times of war, but in this case an escalated crisis within Ukraine, where the actions and risks are still being considered by all countries. Why this is important to bring up, is because this paper may contain several news articles sources from such countries that may present a biased opinion against Ukraine and Russia. However, this will not necessarily sway the momentum of the paper to provide an anti-Russian perspective. That is not the point of the paper. It is still very possible for the media to argue against the media bias of the...
The news today has to do with what people want to hear, not particularly what is worth while or even accurate. In the Daily Telegraph’s (English newspaper) foreign news page there is a story of an outbreak of violence by political protests in the Middle East. Patrick Bishop, the senior editor on Middle Eastern affairs, writes: "Western leaders are becoming increasingly concerned by the threat to democracy posed by the growth of Islamic fundamentalists extremism." Other headlines from random British newspapers convey the same message: "Italy on security alert after Islam terror warning; Clinton to lead summit against Islamic terror; France fears protracted Islam terror campaign; Islamic fanatics gun down Briton in terror campaign" (Edward Mortimer). This is the message that the media is sending to all its readers and watchers about Islam. These headlines may have hap...
For an example of the authors use of specific examples while describing what the media decides as news worthy the author writes, “The public rarely hears about the routine ceremonies at state dinners, but when President George Bush threw up all over the Japanese prime minister in 1992, the world’s media jumped on the story” (Edwards, Wattenberg, Lineberry, 2015, p. 398). This is an indication of how the media decides what is newsworthy. This quote demonstrates some of the strengths of the article because, not only does the quote support how the media decides what is news worthy, but it also shows no bias and is a factual, specific example. Another quote that demonstrates the strengths of the article is “Journalists and politicians have a symbiotic relationship, with politicians relying on journalists to get their message out and journalists relying on politicians to keep them in the know”. (p.400). this quote demonstrates the strengths of the article because, it shows how the media gets its news, how politicians gains their influence, and shows no bias. One last quote that emphasizes the strengths of this excerpt is “The media can even have a dramatic effect on how the public evaluates specific events by emphasizing one event over others. When during a 1976 presidential debate, President Ford incorrectly stated that the Soviet Union did
Few days from now, it will be a year since the Boston Marathon massacre occurred. That is one of the reasons which motivated me to do my research about this controversial topic. I have previewed a total of 90 reports; 30 reports announced by each of the American news outlets; FOX news TV and CNN . Additionally, I looked at 30 reports published by an Iranian TV which is Press TV. Then I defined every report as a positive, negative or neutral. During my research I have looked at further more than the required number of reports for this assignment released by numerous media outlets. I found it an interesting research that it enhances my knowledge about the topic itself and about the techniques that are used by the various media resources in showing and announcing their news to the public.
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He emphasizes the fact that he is an American as well as a Muslim several times in the article by using phrases such as “as an American myself” and “even though you are part of us (Muslims) and we are a part of you”. His purpose in doing so is to notify the audience that he is not accusing Americans of anything because he belongs to the same group. The writer even agrees that the beliefs Americans have about Islam are justifiable to establish a common ground with the reader. For the first premise, he concurs that it might be perplexing for the audience to believe Muslims are not violent when the media only focuses the extremists of Islam. This general agreement allows him to gradually reveal his statement that the numerous brutalities occurring in Middle Eastern countries are ignored due to media’s biased portrayal. He also makes the bold statement that the political and military systems of the United States contradict with their principles of freedom and human rights and they are the initiators of many Islamic extremist groups. He manages to state this claim without scaring the readers off by agreeing that Muslims also play an integral part in creating them. This technique of agreeing on certain points ensures that the writer does not intimidate the readers. The writer tackles this controversial issue carefully and succeeds in convincing the readers that
Since these articles were written, Sarah Payne has been found murdered close to where she lived. The kidnapper is still at large and the search for him has commenced. Tougher legislation on paedophiles has been discussed as riots broke out. However, nothing affective