Emotional 9/11 coverage

Special editions in newspapers were displayed on newspaper racks, extra broadcasting was done, and even special t.v. episodes dedicated to this tragic event from five years ago were seen or will be seen today/tonight.

Media specialists performed a content analysis on the years prior to this tragic event (1997-2000) and the years following (2002-2005). It's mindblowing how much change the media endures after a major event such as 9/11.

If the network evening news is any proxy, the attacks of September 11th 2001 in
Washington and New York and the wars that resulted have led to increased
coverage of foreign policy and global conflict on the network evening news, but
less coverage of domestic issues, according to data from ADT Research’s Tyndall
Report, which monitors those newscasts.

People may think this issue is blown way out of porportion and covered too much in the news, but I believe that today is a special day dedicated to those who lost loved ones. I believe reading the stories of families who have experienced a loss first hand helps bring the whole country together. In this special instance, the media is definitely feeding off the interest of its audience; seeing how the affect has taken it's toll on those families on this day five years ago is what the majority wants to see and hear.