Wednesday, March 2, 2011

http://0-web.ebscohost.com.enterprise.sacredheart.edu/ehost/detail?hid=105&sid=89f6c951-b40d-4fe8-8d98-336ae6facecb%40sessionmgr111&vid=6&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=57080411

The article discusses mass media representations of the toppling of a statue of dictator Saddam Hussein following the capture of Baghdad, Iraq by the U.S. military during the Iraq War. Emphasis is given to the role of journalists in fomenting propaganda and manufacturing images and commentary in support of the U.S. government's claims regarding victory and liberation of the Iraqi people.

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