· Images · Video images: section title credits Viewing 9/11 At 9:50 a.m. on September 11, 2001, a crowd of New Yorkers stared up in shock as the 110-story south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. View Patrick Witty "The Greatest Work of Art" Karlheinz Stockhausen stands in front of one of his musical composition, 1981. View AP / Wide World Photos Hollywood's Playbook On November 11, 2001, Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush, met with members of the motion-picture industry to discuss the war on terrorism. View AP / Wide World Photos Global Theater A hooded member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September on the balcony of the Munich Olympic Village building, September 5, 1972. View AP / Wide World Photos An Extreme Statement With no images available, the New York Times published a map on the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. View The New York Times The day after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the New York Times featured numerous full-color photographs of the events. View The New York Times Necessity of Publicity In 1970, Palestinian terrorists landed three hijacked aircraft (originally en route from Europe) in the Jordanian desert. View AP / Wide World Photos Blanket Coverage On the first broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman after the September 11 attacks, Letterman interviewed an emotional Dan Rather. View John Filo / CBS Television Table: How Closely Respondents Followed Terrorism Stories in the News View Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Fear and Anxiety Table: Fear of Terrorism Affecting Self or Family View Source: c1995, 2001, The Gallup Organization, Inc., Princeton, NJ. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. At 2:30 p.m. on the day of the attacks, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani held a press conference to address and reassure the public. View ABCNews VideoSource International Impact In a Caracas television store on September 11, Venezuelans watched images of the terrorist attacks on America. View Corbis / Reuters New Media Table: International Fear of Terrorism Affecting Self or Family View Gallup Organization; Russian Public Opinion and Market Research; Roy Morgan International Why Do They Hate Us? "Profile: Egyptians Look on the Attacks on the United States as Sad, Yet Something They Saw Coming." Reported by Anne Garrels, Weekend Edition, National Public Radio (September 23, 2001). View National Public Radio Recognition Translation of fatwa handed down by Osama bin Laden in February 1998. View The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism Episodic Coverage Tables: Foreign Bureau Reports / Foreign Policy Reports / Overseas News View Tyndall Report / ADT Research Popular Support Bin Laden, behind the crosshairs of a gun and under the headline "Inside the Manhunt," on the cover of Time magazine (November 26, 2001). View TimePix Bin Laden, on a stylized target and under the headline "The Hunt for Bin Laden," on the cover of Newsweek magazine, November 26, 2001. View From Newsweek, 11/26/01. ©2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The laws prohibit any copying, redistribution or retransmission of this material without express written permission from Newsweek. www.newsweek.com Bin Laden, behind the crosshairs of a gun and under the headline "Terror Inc.," on the cover of U.S.News & World Report (October 1, 2001). View Copyright 2001 U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Reprinted with permission At a September 28 protest against potential U.S. military action in Afghanistan, Pakistani demonstrators in Islamabad held up copies of a Time magazine cover featuring bin Laden. View AP / Wide World Photos Magnified Reality Table: Number of Anti-American, Pro–bin Laden Protests in 21 Arab Nations View Compiled by Martin Indyk of the Brookings Institution. Appeared in Newsweek on 11/26/01. Media Star Table: Frequency of Names Mentioned in the News View Compiled by author from Lexis-Nexis archives and New York Times online archives. Television and radio references from 9/11 – 10/6/01. Newspaper references from 9/12 – 10/7/01. Enemy Number One President Bush with others at Ground Zero (the site of the World Trade Towers attack), under the headline "One Nation, Indivisible," on the cover of Time magazine (September 24, 2001). View TimePix Close-up of bin Laden, under the headline "Target: Bin Laden," on the cover of Time magazine (October 1, 2001). View TimePix Crisis Management Paula Zahn reports for CNN from New York City on September 12, the morning after the attacks. View CNN ImageSource Humanity and Patriotism In a show of patriotism, the American flag appeared on the NBC television screen in Times Square after September 11. View ABCNews VideoSource Public Communication Letters-to-the-editor sections, such as this "Voice of the People" in the New York Daily News on September 14, 2001, provided a forum for broad and diverse public debate. View New York Daily News Public Grief On September 12, Jean Trost, whose brother was in the World Trade Center during the attack, spoke to a television reporter outside Bellevue Hospital about her search for her brother and her hope that he survived. View ABCNews VideoSource Bias On September 11, Palestinians at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon, celebrated the news of the attacks by flashing the victory sign and waving Palestinian flags. View AP / Wide World Photos Tables: Media Coverage on Stories Related to Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians View Compiled by author from Lexis-Nexis archives and New York Times online archives. "Before 9/11" time period: 6/10 – 9/10/01 "After 9/11" time period: 9/11 – 12/11/01 The bin Laden Tapes On October 7, 2001, the Arab television network al Jazeera broadcast footage of Osama bin Laden (second from left) and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri (second from right). View AP / Wide World Photos; al Jazeera Worst Case Scenarios Table: Coverage of Biological and Chemical Terrorism Before Anthrax View Compiled by author from Lexis-Nexis archives and New York Times online archives. Television and radio references from 9/11 – 10/3/01. Newspaper references from 9/12 – 10/4/01. Overcoverage During a story about the anthrax threat, CNN showed images of contaminated envelopes addressed to NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw and Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota (October 23, 2001). View CNN ImageSource Table: Coverage of Biological and Chemical Terrorism After Anthrax View Compiled by author from Lexis-Nexis archives and New York Times online archives. Television and radio references from 10/4 – 10/31/01. Newspaper references from 10/5 – 11/1/01. Terrorist Guides Headlined "Protecting America," the cover of Newsweek magazine on November 5, 2001, listed potential terrorist targets in the United States. View From Newsweek, 11/05/01. ©2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The laws prohibit any copying, redistribution or retransmission of this material without express written permission from Newsweek. www.newsweek.com The Lapsed Watchdog Luz Rodriguez, a mail processor for the U.S. Postal Service in New York City, left work on October 25 with a 10-day supply of Cipro. View AP / Wide World Photos video: section title credits Scenes from 9/11 Hijacked plane flies into Tower 2. View CNN ImageSource View from Brooklyn of World Trade Center tower burning. View Video courtesy of Vincent Aliberto Pentagon on fire, fire trucks hose flames. View CNN ImageSource Close-up of World Trade Center tower on fire. View ABCNews VideoSource As Tower 2 collapses, firefighters and others flee. View ABCNews VideoSource Posters of missing people. View Video courtesy of Vincent Aliberto Memorial at Union Square for victims of the attacks. View Video courtesy of Vincent Aliberto People cheer as emergency vehicles drive by. View Video courtesy of Vincent Aliberto President Bush tours Ground Zero (September 14, 2001). View CNN ImageSource Large American flag is draped over Pentagon wall. View ABCNews VideoSource Fear and Anxiety At 2:30 p.m. on the day of the attacks, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani held a press conference to address and reassure the public. View ABCNews VideoSource Crisis management Paula Zahn reports for CNN from New York City on September 12, the morning after the attacks. View CNN ImageSource Public grief On September 12, Jean Trost, whose brother was in the World Trade Center during the attack, spoke to a television reporter outside Bellevue Hospital about her search for her brother and her hope that he survived. View ABCNews VideoSource