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1. The Death of Osama bin Laden
Lei Ye
Engl 403 (01)
Spring 2013
2. Osama bin Laden
• March 10, 1957 – May 2,
2011
• Osama bin Laden was the
founder of al-Qaeda
• The director of
"September 11th“
• The most wanted terrorist
in the world
3. “September 11th”
• 4 attacks launched
by al-Qaeda
• Osama bin Laden
was the director
• 2998 people dead
and 7 buildings
were destroyed
• The world trade
center
4. U.S. Seals
• The most
powerful special
force in the world
• Killed Osama bin
Laden
• Ordered by
President of
United State –
Barack Obama
5. Osama bin Laden Dead
• shot and killed inside
his secret hiding place
in Abbottabad,
Pakistan, by the U.S
navy special force
• The Navy Seals used
less than 20 minutes
to break in his secret
hiding place and shot
him in the room he
was hiding.
7. My Research
• Used keywords to find newspapers
• Time period (The week after Osama bin Laden
dead)
• Found 2 newspapers (The Los Angeles Times
and The Jerusalem Post)
• Website (ProQuest Newsstand)
• Total 12 newspapers resources
8. List of Keywords
• The death of Osama bin Laden
• Week after
• Celebrate
• U.S Seals
9. Basic information about two
newspapers
• The Jerusalem Post – Israeli daily English
language newspaper. Founded on December
1st 1932.
• The Los Angeles Times – daily news paper in
Los Angeles, California. Founded on December
4th, 1881.
10. My investigation
• Focused on Celebration
• People from different culture background act
differently for a major terrorist’s death
• The Los Angeles Times – celebrate
• The Jerusalem Post – Do not celebrate
• Two newspapers focused on different parts
11. The Los Angeles times
• People were celebrate for Osama bin Laden’s
death at America, major city – New York City
• Everyone was cheer his death
• There were 5 out of 7 newspapers talked
about people celebrate his death
• The rest were focus on U.S. Seals
12. The Jerusalem Post
• In one article, the author has Islamic culture
background, he dissuaded them from
celebrating a death
• There was only one newspaper talked about
people celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death
• More focused on how the U.S. Seals found
him
13. Conclusion
• Overall my investigation shows that the
Jerusalem Post focused more on how the
Americans found and killed Osama bin Laden
while the Los Angeles Times was more focused
on how the Americans celebrated the death of
Osama bin Laden.
• America newspapers reported more on the
celebration
• The Jerusalem Post reported more on how the
U.S. Seals found Osama bin Laden