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Media Literacy -- Introduction to the Site -- Modules -- Afghanistan -- Introduction -- Background -- Media Coverage -- How Many Protested? -- Crowd Size Sept. '01 -- Crowd Size April '02 -- Was Reporting Fair? -- Comparing Reports -- Comparing Reports, con't -- Why Underreporting? -- Tones and Headlines, Sept. '01 protests -- Tones and Headlines, April '02 protests -- Comparing Positions -- Civilian Casualties (you are here) -- How Many Civilians Died? -- Tones and Headlines -- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001 -- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001 con't -- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001, part 3 -- Was the Media Told? -- Networks Follow Orders! |
THE "WAR ON TERROR:" CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was intended, according to George W. Bush, to hunt down Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda members. Although many people raised concerns the aerial bombing attacks would kill innocent civilians, concern for civilian death did not change U.S. military tactics in Afghanistan. However, the Bush administration was definitely concerned that media reporting on Afghanistan civilian deaths would hinder public support for Bush’s war. Major TV networks were explicitly told how to report the casualties resulting from the U.S. "war on terror." Test what YOU learned from the media about how many innocent men, women, and children were killed in Afghanistan by U.S. military after September 11. |
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