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A Nation in Crisis
During the morning hours of September 11th, 2001, on a day that seemed unlike any other, one of the most infamous events in the United States occurred. Four planes were hijacked by a group of terrorists affiliated with an organization known as al Qaeda. Two of the planes crashed into the twin towers killing 2,792 people and leaving hundreds more wounded. This attack not only killed Americans but also many other foreigners working in the twin towers. The third plane clipped the Pentagon killing and injuring several more people, and the last plane, whose primary target was the White House, crashed in rural Pennsylvania. America was shocked, mortified, and was in need of information. Rumor after rumor started, and the only person able to stop them and answer the questions the attack left behind was our newly elected president, George W. Bush. He gave a couple of speeches in response to the attacks, but none of them were up to par with what America wanted. He needed to give a speech to both rile America up and to also soothe and comfort them. His September 20th speech did just that. However, an analysis of this speech would prove that Lutz and Miller would criticize the speechwriters for their use of propaganda, doublespeak, and also fallacies.
Clyde Miller, a professor at Columbia University who founded the Institute for Propaganda Analysis, defines propaganda as "an expression of opinion or action by individuals or groups deliberately designed to influence opinions or actions of other individuals or groups with reference to predetermined ends" (157). One form of propaganda found in Bush's speech is one Miller identifies as Glittering Generalities. Miller defines glittering generalities as "a device by which the propagandist identifies his program with virtue by use of virtue words' . . . he appeals to our emotions of love, generosity and brotherhood" (158). It is apparent Bush uses this in his speech when he says, "On...
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