9/11, ISIS, Paris attacks, and Belgium terrorist attacks, are all ruthless assaults on innocent people done by terrorists who had no remorse whatsoever. These attacks not only get attention on the news, but various websites and media outlets cover this news as well. Once such a brutal attack happens, like the ones above, all types of media outlets jump on the opportunity to broadcast what had occurred. Whether that is in the form of radio, television, social media like instagram, twitter, Facebook, or the Internet it is being spread throughout the world. I am going to focus on the Belgium attack, how the international publication CNN covered it, and how Instagram contributed.
The Belgium attack was a complex one. At 7:58 on Tuesday March 22nd, …show more content…
He said it exploded "a few moments after the bomb squad arrived" because the explosives were unstable, but no one had been injured "thanks to the professionalism of the authorities at the scene. About an hour after the airport explosions, Khalid El Bakraoui, a Brussels-born 27-year-old, detonated a suicide bomb on the Brussels subway/Metro station at the end of rush hour. The bomber, whom Van Leeuw said was identified by his fingerprints, was in the second car of a train at the Maelbeek metro station (Hume). This took place over a few hours. This had the entire city scared and threatened. The citizens of the city were told to stay indoors and not leave their homes. This was a tragic event for multiple reasons. One is because that city has not been known for crime or outrageous events like this one. What was a normally calm and touristy city was destroyed after this event. Another reason this was an extremely tragic event is because it was known worldwide. As soon as it happened, it wasn’t just covered in the news in Paris, it was being broadcasted around the world. It was a wake up call that terrorist attacks are happening more and more and not just in the United States or countries of war, such as Iraq and …show more content…
Looking at all the things media has brought to us can help eliminate the negative things it can bring. It allows us to be in tuned to all that happens around us, and in other parts of the
The Belgium attack was a complex one. At 7:58 on Tuesday March 22nd, …show more content…
He said it exploded "a few moments after the bomb squad arrived" because the explosives were unstable, but no one had been injured "thanks to the professionalism of the authorities at the scene. About an hour after the airport explosions, Khalid El Bakraoui, a Brussels-born 27-year-old, detonated a suicide bomb on the Brussels subway/Metro station at the end of rush hour. The bomber, whom Van Leeuw said was identified by his fingerprints, was in the second car of a train at the Maelbeek metro station (Hume). This took place over a few hours. This had the entire city scared and threatened. The citizens of the city were told to stay indoors and not leave their homes. This was a tragic event for multiple reasons. One is because that city has not been known for crime or outrageous events like this one. What was a normally calm and touristy city was destroyed after this event. Another reason this was an extremely tragic event is because it was known worldwide. As soon as it happened, it wasn’t just covered in the news in Paris, it was being broadcasted around the world. It was a wake up call that terrorist attacks are happening more and more and not just in the United States or countries of war, such as Iraq and …show more content…
Looking at all the things media has brought to us can help eliminate the negative things it can bring. It allows us to be in tuned to all that happens around us, and in other parts of the