2001年10月7日,在布什向阿富汗宣战后不到2小时,拉登就通过卡塔尔的“半岛”电视台对愤怒的美国人作出了回应。随即,全世界包括美国在内的几百家电视台转播了这一轰动性的独家新闻。面对拉登成功地利用电视传媒公开煽动反美反西方情绪,措手不及的美国政府一面指责“半岛”电视 On October 7, 2001, less than two hours after Bush declared war on Afghanistan, bin Laden responded to the angry Americans through Qatar’s Al-Jazeera television station. Immediately, hundreds of television stations across the world, including the United States, relayed this sensational and exclusive news story. In the face of bin Laden’s successful use of the television media to openly incite anti-U.S. Anti-Western sentiments, the U.S. government, caught off guard, accused the “Peninsula” television