More Australians think the death of Osama bin Laden will see more terrorism than believe it will help — but more think it’ll make no difference.
Osama bin Laden
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Executing bin Laden
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Osama and the Laws of Armed Conflict
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Emptiness at The Age … praise for our Paul … Bolt’s weird spray …
In today’s Media Briefs: shambles at The Age … Vic rock lobby defends diminishing returns … Facebook will pay gamers to watch video ads … Big change for MTV networks … and more …
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: International humanitarian law and Osama bin Laden
Crikey reads have their say.
Media briefs: Abbottabad news wars … CMail goes hard …
One cheeky Seven News mole couldn’t help taking a shot at Nine in covering the death of Osama bin Laden last night. Plus, Brisbane’s daily goes hard with the big morning news and other media news.
A wilderness of mirrors theories, speculation and analysis
The borderlines between analysis, speculation and conspiracy theories about the life and death of Osama bin Laden are hazy. It’s like navigating a wilderness of mirrors, writes Shakira Hussein.
Why do we keep calling Osama ‘Obama’?
It’s a trap that journalists — and the Crikey office is not immune — have been falling into all week: accidentally saying “Obama” not “Osama”. Linguists explain why it happens and it’s not just that they sound similar.
Osama bin who?
The death of Osama bin Laden may be one of the year’s biggest stories, but according to data published by Yahoo! a great deal of American youth have no idea who he was, reports Jamelle Bouie.
Crikey Says: The fog around bin Laden’s killing
The Obama administration is blaming the “fog of war” for confusion around the actual events in Abbottabad that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, but its record of obfuscation and deception makes it easy to see other agendas at work.
Political snippets: A year is a long time in politics
In a year from now Australia will either be on the verge of the introduction of a price on carbon emissions of the idea will have been scrapped.
Crikey Clarifier: was it legal to kill Osama?
The euphoric chanting crowds at Ground Zero didn’t care, but the killing of wanted-terrorist Osama bin Laden raises a series of legal questions about the lawfulness of his death. Was it as assassination? Was Osama a “combatant”?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The death of Osama bin Laden
Crikey reads have their say.
Bin Laden and iconography
Osama bin Laden icongraphy gripped the West at least as much as it gripped Muslims, but his demise will be most significant in the context of the death of America’s demon, writes Shakira Hussein.
How the White House steered the bin Laden death narrative
The White House undertook two major Osama bin Laden operations: the first his assassination, the second how it was rolled out to the media. The WH proved it understands how journalists work, writes Gabriel Sherman.
White House: don’t blame us, blame the fog of war
The White House has acknowledged that US officials spread false stories about bin Laden using his wife as a human shield and blames inaccuracies on ‘the fog of war,’ reports Garance Franke-Ruta.
Osama bin Laden movie on the way
It seems rather early to be discussing an Osama bin Laden movie, but it was nevertheless confirmed this week that an upcoming flick from The Hurt Locker team will feature the compound firefight in Pakistan, reports Luke Buckmaster.
Was it legal to kill Osama?
It’s much easier for US authorities that Osama resisted arrest and was shot dead. But the laws around assassination are confusing and the public needs to be aware how easy it is for the government to abuse them.
America wrestles its conscience post-bin Laden
Hillary Clinton stood shoulder to shoulder with Kevin Rudd earlier today in Washington, two life-long opponents of the death penalty, praising the extra-judicial killing of an unarmed man. But it changes everything when it’s Osama bin Laden.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: by the time Osama died, he had already died
There was no Brandenburg gate to plant a flag on, no Mussolini hanging from a rope — just a speech and footage of a compound.
Media briefs: Osama and the media … Easdown quits Hun … Mercury keeps its subs …
In today’s Media Briefs: Logies or Osama? … Who got him? … September 11 2011 … Google’s Osama Bingle and more ….
Political snippets: Are talking heads blowing hot air?
A research group analysed the predictions of 26 pundits who wrote columns in major print media and who appeared on the three major Sunday news shows: The key finding? Most prognosticators are not very accurate predictors
No more Mr Bin Laden
The NY Timesis known as one of the few remaining newspapers who still employ honorifics — calling Meat Loaf, Mr Loaf — but a special email was sent to staff today announcing that it was Bin Laden, big ‘B’, no “Mr’.
Inside Obama’s situation room
“We’ve IDed Geronimo” was the line that finally confirmed to President Obama and his senior government officials that Osama bin Laden had finally been found. Time listens in to the secret US meetings.
