With international relationships already stressed to
the maximum, tensions began to rise even higher
when it became apparent that Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein had highly explosive weapons on hand in
2003. As a means of preventing further acts of potential
terrorism among nations, President George Bush
enacted a military campaign to rid Iraq of its explosives
and its intentions. This major event proved to be a content
gold mine in the eyes of news sources, who produced a
flurry of headlines presenting the same event in various
fashions. For instance, one news source, the
San Francisco Chronicle in particular, decided to depict
the event with pictures of President Bush speaking on
the topic and distant explosions of American missiles.
But one thing stood out among others; the Chronicle
described the event using only one word: “WAR”. This
simplistic diction surely grabs audience members who
are unaware of the event and encourages them to read
a different approach in delivering the same content. When
first viewing the front page, peoples’ eyes are initially
drawn to the enlarged words “Target: Saddam” placed
just above an image portraying foreign troops as if they
were the villain in a poorly made action movie.
Not to mention the fact that words such as “barrage…
outrage…” and “dismay” are dispersed around the front
page as well, making audience members change their
beliefs about the topic into feelings of hate and disgust
for their fellow humankind [2 images, 2 links, 4 quotations, 248 words]
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