ABSTRACT
The aim of my chapter is to analyze the role of the US corporate news media, especially television, in the nature of their coverage, presentation, and (re)presentation of the terrorist attacks of September 11 as ‘news happened’, its aftermath, and the US’s so-called continuing ‘War on Terror’ with the two wars already fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. I argue that in a highly media-saturated environment such as the one we live in today, successful political and administrative agendas depend a great deal on how well they are packaged and presented in the media. This chapter tracks how 9/11 and its aftermath with the US’s continuing ‘War on Terror’ are leading examples of such media packaging and presentation of government and military policy and agendas (cf. Kellner 2003b).
