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The paper discusses seven dimensions of State-media 9-11 propaganda: (1) public war mobilization, slogans and icons; (2) simplistic vilification of culprits; (3) omitting alternative agents of culpability; (4) uncritical support for Administration; marginalization of criminality, racism in 2000 election; (5) marginalization of historical events or processes that might undermine war support. This includes (a) ignoring U.S. state sponsored terrorism; (b) superficial analysis of non-US perceptions; (c) sparing references to U.S. energy interests in Central Asia and previous Taliban support; (d) downplaying pre 9-11 U.S. anti-Taliban attack plans; (e) omission of previous U.S. "war by provocation,", e.g. at the Gulf of Tonkin; (f) underplaying Administration interests in defense, oil and energy; (g) passive treatment of Administration undermining of international agreements; (6) abandonment of journalistic curiosity, including issues related to air security irregularities on 9-11 and pre 9-1l speculative financial bets; and (7) strategies of censorship, self-censorship and intimidation of media dissenters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crime has been identified as a threat to the legitimacy of political and legal institutions, and even major obstacle to democratic development itself. This paper examines the relationship between crime and trust in political and legal institutions in the emerging democracies around the world. Low levels of institutional trust are thought to especially pose threats to emerging democracies. Yet even if one is the victim of a crime, one's level of institutional trust might not decline if one perceives that the legal institutions have effectively addressed the event. Thus, we explore how government effectiveness and perceptions of government in the area of crime mediates the relationship between experiences with crime and attitudes toward political and legal institutions. We use survey data from the Afrobarometer, Latinbaromter, and the Asian Barometer to examine how trust in political and legal institutions varies across time and across different countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]