The New York Post made this common image of Bin Laden the entire front of their paper on Monday. The size of the print and amount of opinion in both the Post and Daily news is highly unusual for a normal newspaper publication. Because these are periodicals, it is more widely accepted.
This Daily News headline says it all. It shows, based on these two publications, that there is a negative stigma and high hatred towards Osama Bin Laden within the US.
This Nicaraguan paper shows the facts sans opinion: "Bin Laden dies in a US operation in Pakistan." The article inside the paper has the details of the mission, as given by the US officials as well as images and commentary. The important thing to note is that with this publication as well as others outside the US, there isn't as much of a negative spin on Bin Laden because it was the US that was directly affected by the events surrounding 9/11.
In Tehran, Bin Laden became the lead story of the day on Tuesday. The media in Iran, including this publication, is entirely government owned and operated. This means that the publishing of Bin Laden's death was a bold move by the government due to the fact that Iran is rumored to be financing organizations like Al Qaeda.
When President Obama gave his speech to the American people late Sunday night, he made sure to note that the killing of Osama was a victory not just for the American people, but an international victory. Executing him meant the execution of a terrorist, but the execution of the world's most wanted man.
As President Obama said, "Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader, he was a mass murderer of Muslims."
In Iran, the Tehran Times noted President Obama's speech and felt the efforts of the CIA was a bold move towards disrupting the moves of the Al Qaeda organization. Iranian officials acknowledged the act of terrorism Osama dealt on the American people, but feels that waging a mass campaign and assuming occupation in multiple foreign nations was unnecessary in the hunt for Bin Laden.
"We hope that this incident will bring an end to war, conflict, and the killing of innocent people and help establish people in the region," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast stated.
"This event clearly shows that there was no need to launch a massive military campaign to deal with a single person," he added. "The Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the greatest victims of terrorism, condemns every kind of terrorism, such as the organized terrorism in the Zionist regime [Israeli state]."
The facts presented in the article published in Iran are all parallel to the facts presented in US publications. The difference, however, is that the spokesman interviewed managed to back-handedly condemn the US for their occupation of Middle Eastern nations and for giving support to the Israeli nation.
Although the newspapers in Iran were able to publish about Bin Laden's death, the publications were unable to focus on the negative aspects of his life. Bin Laden was noted as "allegedly the operational mastermind of the September 11 attacks." It is the government's way of censoring what the Iranian people can learn and know.
President Obama spoke in the East Wing of the White House at an impromptu news conference late Sunday night.
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