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Stephen D. Reese and The Framing Project: A Bridging Model for Media Research Revisited Stephen D. Reese author of "The Framing Project: A Bridging Model for Media Research Revisited" published in the //Journal of Communication// in March of 2007 uses the “war on terror” as an example of what he calls framing.

He states that the war on terror is almost an ideology that the media and politicians have forced onto America. This force has been so strong that is even hard to counterframe the war on terror. Certain aspects of what the ordeal in the Middle East are taken out and emphasized, and that is only what is reported on. “The War on Terror” rhetoric is continually portrayed as a necessary for the survival of America, even though many American’s know it is a battle that appears to have a no win ending.