Citizen Journalism
Reliving 9/11 Without Glitz of Big Media
Today is September 11, and the date 9/11 will seemingly forever be linked to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001. I kept hearing on NPR News yesterday that the memorials for 9/11 had already started a day earlier on 9/10. I dreaded this day, especially as a media watcher, because I knew the mainstream media would turn the 5th anniversary of 9/11 into another spectacle, complete with theme music, glitzy graphics and teary made-for-TV melodramas.
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