ESSAY
"Where Exactly is North Korea?"

Categories

David Smith

March 11, 2003

World

Politics

Media

North Korea

Nuclear program

Terrorism

Media manipulation

Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"In recent days, the New York Times has been filled to the brim with articles on the war on terror.  Italy, Pakistan, Greece, and the United States have all had recent arrests in connection with regional and global terrorist groups....
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Today, however, the media seems to be unsure how to treat the frontier field of the war on terror.  If this wartime press style is sustained over the duration of the never-ending war on terror, then some critical piece of news might escape the public eye until it comes back to wreak havoc on American lives.  What then is our current expectation of the media?"

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