Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective

  • Kalinga Seneriratne
Keywords: media representation, war on terror, anti-terrorism, international media, conflict reporting, understanding conflict, western media

Abstract

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.

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Published
01-09-2006
How to Cite
Seneriratne, K. (2006). Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 12(2), 29-45. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v12i2.861