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...greatest recent moments. This year, some of the strongest bits have focused on the terror war, but these have been few and far between. Will Ferrell’s President George W. Bush made his return in the second episode’s cold opening, promising Osama bin Ladin, “I’m gonna make you my own personal Where’s Waldo. And unlike those frustrating Waldo books, I’m gonna find you.” The next show’s opener, with Dick Cheney in an Afghan cave, wasn?...
...task not from the perspective of diplomats, politicians or journalists (who might regard her with a jaundiced eye), but from Madison Avenue's standpoint. From the perspective of Madison Avenue, this whole war on terrorism situation is a global marketing problem. And, by the way, that's how Osama bin Laden sees it, too. For him, the battle is in fact Coke versus Pepsi, that is, the Christian West versus Islam, two towering brands that are in a perpetual death struggle for supremacy...
...turn to the Osama bin Laden brand, and it's rising and growing. Yes, he's responsible for the death of thousands of people, but from the view of the Islamic streets, he's an Islamic Robin Hood who's standing up to the U.S. and fighting for traditional Muslim values. Terrorists are in the PR and propaganda business. Their product is a kind of noxious publicity - they are about the sizzle not the steak. And they've been succeeding. Around the Third World, bin Laden t-shirts and posters are doing a brisk business. You don't see many...
...effort may be too little too late. "In Europe, support for the war is slipping," the magazine writes. "In the Middle East, opposition appears to be mounting." It warns that despite new and creative propaganda efforts by Washington, success depends on enlisting Arab and Muslim spokesmen to dress down bin Laden...
...civilians, according to Reuters. Washington says these figures are exaggerated and has ridiculed the claims, despite confirmations by the U.N. and other sources of off-target bombs killing many civilians." The network says it is simply reporting both sides' claims. But Arabic-speaking U.S. officials recently sent to counter Bin Laden on the network may be waging an uphill battle when news reports include lines such as "Humanitarian aid groups have asserted that the continuation of the U.S.-led war will lead to a catastrophe on a colossal scale when winter arrives...