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THE DIFFERENT ANGLES MEDIA OUTLETS TAKE ON AN INTERNATIONAL STORY

On the weekend of September 20th , the world discovered the destruction caused by a truck bomb in Pakistan 's Marriott Hotel . The world should take notice because it is in the international community 's best interest to pay attention since there are victims from Europe , North America Africa and the Middle East . The bombings were carried out to protest the United States ' presence in Pakistan , which has been steadily increasing over the past couple of months

Since it is a world affair

, it is only natural for every major news outlet in every country to take notice , but the angle that media establishment decides to publish changes from country to country Taiwan decided to give a human feel with their story by using witness accounts of being blown to the back of a room and helping colleagues with a head injury out of the rubble . It then decided to notify its readers of the recent deaths occurring from bombings in Islamabad . It furthered the emotional impact with statements from the President empathizing with the victims because he also lost a loved one in a terrorist attack

The angle that the American media chose too take was vastly different The American media chose to downplay the emotional aspect focusing primarily on terrorism . This was more expected because the world knows that the United States has had a vested interest in fighting terrorism Also , the war on terrorism is highly unpopular , so it would have been best for the media to leave out jarring physical accounts of people and focus primarily on the strategic side of the story

Asif Shazad , Truck bomb destroys Pakistan Marriott , kills 40 Taiwan News , 21 September 2008 . HYPERLINK "http /www .etaiwannews .com /etn /news_content .php ?id 744143 http /www .etaiwannews .com /etn /news_content .php ?id 744143

Ibid

Nahal Toosi , Change in plans reportedly saved Pakistani leaders Fox News , 22 September 2008 . HYPERLINK "http /foxnews .com /wires /2008Sep22 /0 ,4670 ,ASPakistan ,00 .html http /foxnews .com /wires /2008Sep22 /0 ,4670 ,ASPakistan ,00 .html

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