In spite of the President's announcement.
In spite of the fact that other political leaders--including Senators from the other political party--say they have seen the pictures and they have literally no doubt UBL is dead.
In spite of the fact the UBL's wives--yes, WIVES--confirm his death.
In spite of the DNA evidence that proves by a 99.9% certainty that UBL is dead.
And even though al-Qaeda itself--the group UBL formed more than a decade ago--has confirmed UBL's death.
Why? According to the LA Times, it's because political leaders often lie (think Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" or basically everything George W. Bush said about Iraq).
And also because of the media.
From the LA Times:
"The widespread arrival of television some 60 years ago and more recently online video has trained people to expect some kind of visual confirmation of virtually any news, either live or shortly after. Its absence almost surely spawns doubts."
Think about it. On the local news, every day and every night, we see reporters standing at the scenes of car wrecks and crimes even though literally nothing is going on behind them. Even though it adds nothing to a story about a car crash of a murder to have a reporter standing live at the scene where something may have happened hours ago, news stations still send reporters to those scenes presumably because viewers need to "see it to believe it."
The result is a doubting public, unable to accept all the above evidence that one of our most hated enemies is dead.
As for those who celebrated in the streets immediately after hearing about UBL's death? Well, that's another story!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-lives-no-death-photo.html
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