ABSTRACT
Western newspapers are a major player in infusing and inculcating Western communities with biased and fabricated preconceptions about Arabs. This type of biased news goes back centuries, but it has been clearly highlighted since the attacks of 9/11, with news sources devoting considerable attention to Arab- and Muslim-related activities. More news stories concerning Arab stereotypes have been produced by different Western mainstream media, especially newspapers. Through framing, the media simplify, prioritise and structure the narration of stereotypes, which allows an individual to quickly sort out, interpret, categorise and evaluate the situation. The literature also suggests that, for every occurrence, there are various possible perspectives to be taken, encouraging a reader to understand an issue in a certain way. The important elements of framing lie in the causal and treatment responsibilities of a news event as framed and presented to the public.
