Open AccessLooking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
Author(s) -
Kalinga Seneviratne
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v12i2.861
Subject(s) - terrorism , hypocrisy , journalism , publishing , law , political science , freedom of the press , project commissioning , war on terror , perspective (graphical) , media studies , nationalism , sociology , politics , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article explores and challenges the hypocrisy and misrepresentations surrounding Western media reportage of the global ‘war on terror’. While the so-called Coalition of the Willing has introduced a rash of new anti-terror laws since 11 September 2001, many of the very freedoms which President Bush said the terrorists were out to destroy, have now been severely curtailed. This article is also a critique of the dangers of anti-terrorism laws for media seeking to report a complex truth about nationalist struggles.