5 Failures of the Media Concerning the September 11 Attacks

The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were in most people's minds the most devastating in U.S. history. Many have compared the event to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It resulted, however, in more deaths than Pearl Harbor and they were mostly civilians who were targeted on our soil in our homeland.

Here are 5 ways the media has failed during its years of coverage about the disaster:

1. A So-Called "Tragedy"

The event was consistently referenced as a "tragedy," and that never seemed appropriate to me. The word tends to downplay the reality of what happened and places it on the level of a hurricane, a tornado or other natural disaster.

A "tragedy" is an event without evil attached to it. A murderous attack of mammoth magnitude would be more appropriate, but it seemed that underneath it all, the media wanted to avoid calling a spade a spade.

Pearl Harbor was never referred to as a "tragedy," that I can recall.

2. The Horrors of the Event Mostly Censored

From a few days after the event, the most graphic and horrifying scenes were mostly not shown on the mainstream media. This includes several instances of people falling from the towers and being stuck on burning floors. There are several excellent videos on YouTube that depict the occurrences and readers are urged to research this. I believe that it should be required viewing in schools, for the junior high grades and up.

Also, I don't recall any bodies being removed from Ground Zero that were ever shown.

3. Denial Concerning the Enemy, the Name of the Enemy and Conspiracy Theories

President Bush once named the enemy on national TV, appropriately calling them "Islamic Fascists." However, political correctness took over, he gave in to the liberal left and he never again used that term. Instead, it became a "war on terror," and America haters came up with all sorts of false accusations that it was a so-called "inside job." The mainstream media was unsupportive of President Bush's term for our enemy.

4. Obsessive Concern for the Muslim Community

Following the attack, the TV and radio airwaves consisted of a lot commentary urging people to have compassion for Muslims and not to blame them all for the events that occurred. While there may have been validity to this, it seemed that it was an overriding matter.

5. The Silence about Clinton's Responsibility

Newsmax.com informs us, "...both Congress and the press have yet to undertake a thorough investigation into the national security failures that left America vulnerable...with the exception of the Internet and talk radio, news of the role played by the Clinton administration in decimating U.S. capacity to prevent a 9/11-type strike has been almost completely ignored."

Sources:

newsmax.com