Journalism after September 11

As I read on, I felt a lot like Alicia did, when she said that the newscasters did the best they could to find out what was going on. Had they not been able to broadcast on that day, then a lot of us wouldn't have even known what was going on. During a time, as the one we experienced during 9/11, its amazing to me how much information the newscasters were able to present to us. Just imagine how helpless we would have felt had the media not been able to inform us of the events as fast as they did. And the fact that journalists throw objectivity out the window during a time as such, just emphasizes the reality of it. We expect the media to provide us with the cold hard facts and leave all emotion at the door, however had they done so then they wouldn't have been out on the field reporting and risking their lives to inform us. Instead they would have informed us from a newsroom, taking away from the importance, the seriousness and the reality of the event.
Even more amazing to me is all the information that the government was withholding, and is still withholding today. When I think of the United States, I think of a country where the government does right by its people, and does all in its ability to protect and unite its people. The thought of information being withheld makes me wonder what other truths we don't know about our government and if it should really be governing a country that calls itself the United States.

Jofenic (Jo)