Everyday we contact various media and news. From newspaper, magazines, broadcast to internet. From local, entertainment, sports, medical, finance, to international news. Most of the news (on the newspaper or TV) implied through images, rather than directly stated in words. The question then arises: what do audiences know what parts are fictions and what parts are not. Do they have to know about language and pictures in order to be properly armed to defend themselves against the seductions of eloquence? It is definitely possible that omitted information of the news misunderstood, even misleading audiences.
When I first saw this picture on TV; I thought it was entertainment news, which was introducing a new showing movie, because it looked like the scene of the disaster or a war. The picture showed that an airplane hit the Twin Towers, the World Trade Center, symbol of the New York City. Then the buildings were collapse. The picture showed that the gruesome rains come-the smoke rose, the ash around the sky, It was very hard to see what's in the dust; maybe there were bits of plane, a tire, office furniture, glass, a hand, a leg, a head, even whole bodies. Everything was coat with a layer of soot, everything were turning to dust. It is difficult to distinguish the original color or shape of these things. It was hard to recognize where was the sidewalk or street because there was mess around everywhere. The sky was fill with filmy pieces of glass and acrid smoke. It was difficult to see the sun or cloud in the sky even though the weather was very good on that day. The building were kept falling. The concrete had a thick coat of gray debris.
Fire, dust and the sound of the sirens are around the city. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts. A piece of the wall of the building was figure prominently, and lay on the other wall. It seems to tell us, "We fell, but stood by each other.
