“Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” and “The Conspiracy Industry: Afterword to PM Expanded Investigation” are two articles both written for the Popular Mechanics magazine by James B. Meigs, the latter being written in 2006, one year after the former. “Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” is an in-depth analysis of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks and the factual evidence that refutes these theories. “The Afterword” is a reflective piece that describes the uprising of the conspiracy theory community after the first article was published, and then poses the argument as to why conspiracy theorists have an “illusion of coherence”. The first article published by Meigs garnered a lot of attention from the conspiracy theory…
On September 11th,2001 the United States was victim of one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks in history. Everyone was in complete shock as they saw the twin towers come crashing down along with the thousand of people in them. ”who did this?” “why would anyone do this?” “what’s next?” how was the United states gonna cope with all this?…
The conflict of George bush being involved in 9/11 can be solved by either George bush being taken to prison because of a confession, enough evidence comes out that he gets taken to court, or al Qaeda admits that it was planned by George bush. While the twin tower attacks were going on, George bush was reading a book to second graders. Suddenly, one of the secret servicemen came and whispered something in his ear. He continued to read. The secret servicemen had said something about the attack when the first tower was hit, then he whispered again when the second tower was hit, he continued to read.…
Ongoing Wars: Not even a month after the 9/11 attack, the U.S sent troops to invade Afghanistan in an attempt to disassemble al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was a terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack. The United States invaded Iraq 2 years later, in March 2003 and deposed President Saddam Hussein. The President was linked in directly to the attack but was suspected of producing weapons of mass destruction (Matthew, 2017). However, none were initially found but the invasion was key part of Americas newly launched war on terror which was under the presidency of George W. Bush.…
After the events of 9/11 many changes were made in the U.S. All across the US, panic and fear was rising quickly as people watched the towers fall one by one. Americans were memorializing the victims and showing their loyalty to America by flying the American flag everywhere. The biggest change after 9/11 can be seen at airports. Shortly after the event took place the government created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act.…
On September 11, 2001 the United States experienced one of the worst tragedies in history. The 9/11 tragedy happened in New York City. On the morning of September 11, 2001 a terrorist hijacked four planes at the Boston’s Logan airport. They had chosen the planes that were heading west instead of east because they would be loaded with fuel. The first two planes had hit their targets of The Twin Towers in New York City, the first one crashed at 8:46 am in the North side and the second one crashed at 9:03 am into the South side.…
Marcus Nunez 10/14/15 Narrative Off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa on a yacht,a new up and coming actor and one his co-stars in his next movie Jaheem Toombs were going on a little trip. “What just happened, T!?” asked Jaheem. “I don’t know.” Replied Tmater. “We may be out of gas.”…
The idea of a narrative is to tell a story, the events occurring on the day of September 11, 2001 will provide an opportunity to relay my feelings, moving beyond the initial pure and basic anger at those responsible for such a desperate act. The image shows two emergency responders in the cloud of debris left by the collapse of the Trade Centers and what drew me to this picture is what they must have been talking about. The questions and issues I initially considered included: the loss of life; the tremendous devastation; and are there more survivors, where these possibilities could only be confirmed by talking to the individuals in the picture. Instead, I decided that the picture will be used as a metaphor to relay my awareness of the incident,…
“911 where’s your emergency?” There was no sound on the other line, complete silence. Kayla worked as an Emergency Dispatch Operator for three months, and so far the only calls she received were from drunk men who couldn’t figure out another option to get home and children calling for someone to rescue their kitten that were stuck in the trees. “Hello? Is anyone there?…
killed the thought to be leader of the attacks, Osama Bin Laden. Many American citizens were still suspicious about what had happened on the day of September 11th, 2001. Over time the theory that 9/11 was actually a United States government planned attack hit every news source in America. The theorists had come up come with many reasons why the day was planned. Some of the main conspiracies could not be supported with evidence.…
Bush and John Kerry. The film’s intended purpose was to show the American people that George W. Bush was not fit to be the President of the United States. According to Jowett & O’Donnell (2015), “propaganda is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist. “Michael Moore’s film is an example of propaganda because it attempts to shape perceptions, (ideas about President Bush), manipulate cognitions, (get the American public to reason with him) and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist (convince the American public to vote for John Kerry) (Jowett & O’Donnell,…
Introduction: September 11th, 2001. A day of fear, a day of courage. 9/11 is a day that could never be forgotten. Not only was New York in shock, but the whole world too. Everyone suffered, never knowing what was going to happen next.…
Hussain (2011) gives us an example of how public opinion influences foreign policy in the form of 9/11. After innocent Americans were killed in the terrorist attacks, the U.S. public wholly supported any kind foreign policy in retaliation to terrorism. With the support of the public and Congress, President Bush declared war with Iraq with ease. Conversely, after the claim of WMD had been found to be false, public opinion on the…
Terrorists need an audience. Media needs a story; this is how media misinterpretations on terrorism is born. The media’s role is no longer to inform but rather to control how the viewers react to the information provided. Media’s influence on the public’s sudden focus from sports and celebrities to the collapse of the most globally important twin towers is an example of how media shapes viewers interest and concern. As David L. Altheide credits mass media in promoting fear evermore since the United States discovered international terrorism on 11th sept 2001.…
The media seems to be one of the most important forms of collecting information, information that sometimes might not always be true. Going back to the election of 2004, television was still reasonably new with it only being about a generation old since the 1960’s presidential election (when it was firstly used in politics). With that given amount of time from 1960 to 2004 the announcers had time to become like a second family to the to their audience (a face they can identify with). When 9/11 happened the media sources went crazy, they wanted the public to hear the cries of the victims and listen to their stories. The media does a great job of making you feel as if you are a part of something without you physically being there.…