> What I realized I had no idea how to convey was how important television was to the whole experience (9/11). What really struck me was the kind of reporting.

> What I realized I had no idea how to convey was how important television was to the whole experience (9/11). What really struck me was the kind of reporting. Where I live (or, in Europe in general) – and I'm not under the impression that it had been that different in the US – there was some kind of agreement of handling severe incidents respectfully. You would show any footage a couple of times, but then everybody would know and further repetitions were rather considered as some kind of cruel pornography. But here, watching CNN and similar outlets, the planes kept crashing and crashing, and the buildings kept collapsing and collapsing, over and over, exposing the moments that meant death for thousands mercilessly on the screens. It was the beginning of a new era in mass media. And I guess, this may be hard to convey to anyone who wasn't there to experience this.