The Cycle of Information

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The day following an event, newspapers begin to cover the story:

Boston Globe front page

Boston Globe headlines, September 12, 2001

  • ATTACK ON AMERICA / IN NEW YORK; TRADE CENTER: TOWERS OF ASH, PILES OF RUBBLE
  • FBI; EYES TURN TO BOSTON OVER SECURITY BREACH
  • ON THE STREETS; NYC HURT, BUT STILL UNBOWED
"In an unprecedented attack that told Americans they're no longer safe, two hijacked jets on a horrifying suicide mission slammed into the World Trade Center yesterday - killing thousands in the nation's worst terrorist assault - and another crashed into the Pentagon.

The attack did far more than punch a gap in the New York skyline; it tore a hole in the national psyche as Americans watched live television images of the devastation, a frightening exhibit of American vulnerability."

~Newsday, September 12, 2001

NY Newsday front page

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