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Bush's War - Media Bias and Justifications for War in a Terrorist Age (Hardcover)
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Bush's War - Media Bias and Justifications for War in a Terrorist Age (Hardcover)
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Immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans
looked to President Bush for words of leadership. In his most
formal reply of the day, he said, 'Today, our fellow citizens, our
way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of
deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in
airplanes, or in their offices; secretaries, businessmen and women,
military and federal workers; moms and dads, friends and neighbors.
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of
terror.' The stark tone of Bush's speech suggested the promise of
more words to come from the president, and it is these words that
Bush's War addresses. While many books have offered a take on the
attacks of 9/11 and their impact upon American society, one area
has been comparatively ignored: presidential justifications for war
in the age of terrorism. Specifically, what did President Bush say
to justify American military actions in the postD9/11 world? And
how did the public hear what he said, especially as it was filtered
through the news media? The eloquent and thoughtful Bush's War
shows how public perception of what the president says is shaped by
media bias. Jim A. Kuypers compares Bush's statements with press
coverage, arguing that the nature of American public knowledge
concerning our role in the world has been changed_not by 9/11, but
by the subsequent argumentative back-and-forth between Bush and the
press.
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