News reporting after 9/11 often focused on the oppression of Muslim women by promising to take viewers “behind the veil.” What is the relationship between the veil as a symbol of oppression and the rhetorical strategies of news media outlets following 9/11?
A. News stations used the imagery of removing the veil in order to humanize their subjects and resist prevalent terroristic stereotypes.
B. Media producers used the imagery of the oppressive veil in order to frame their stories as providing insight to the origins of terrorism.
C. Commercial news media contrasted the veil’s oppressive nature with positive depictions of American liberty in order to generate patriotism.
D. News outlets framed the image of the veil as a direct threat to American liberty in order to promote general discrimination and mistreatment.
B. Media producers used the imagery of the oppressive veil in order to frame their stories as providing insight to the origins of terrorism.
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