I would have thought showing terror attacks is doing the opposite of promoting it. People don't like being blown up you see. When people see it on the news it does the terrorists case harm not good, except in the case of the hard-liners who don't need the promotion anyway.
I would think the coverage by the media was of more worth to the terrorists than the actual event that caused the interest to the media, take a funeral recently of an Irish terrorist, why was it shown ? It was not even newsworthy or could it have been the masked girlmen shooting potato guns over the coffin that got the editors of BBC news creaming their pants ?
I would go further. I think all news agencies should show unedited footage of the aftermath of terrorist attacks as I think this is one of the ways to make the soft supporters (who give lip service and the occasional donation but who wouldn't dream of ever committing an act themselves) realise just exactly what it is they are supporting.
Now dont be silly, I mean gloryfying terrorism, how is playing a tape of sumo ben larden news that the world has to hear, the media just reports it hoping it causes more attrocities, I will give you an example if you can guess this question.
What is a newspapers best selling front page article and it outsells any other headline in the hundreds of thousands ?
Now dont be silly, I mean gloryfying terrorism, how is playing a tape of sumo ben larden news that the world has to hear, the media just reports it hoping it causes more attrocities, I will give you an example if you can guess this question.
What is a newspapers best selling front page article and it outsells any other headline in the hundreds of thousands ?
sumo
ben
larden
(sic)
Says it all about this thread!
There's a difference between glorifying terrorism and reporting that it happened.
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What's your problem with the BBC?
What news agency do you believe in?
*rolls eyes*
The BBC (and other news channels as well as all parts of the press) don't promote terrorism, they report it.
It's pretty newsworthy!
Would you rather we were completely oblivious to terrorism? How would that benefit us?
Breaking news two skyscrapers disappear in America, we know what happened you don't, no news later.
Made me smile
BREAKING NEWS: SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. MORE LATER
Perfect the terrorists will be doing their nuts.
What about all the other news companies? Should they be allowed to report on acts of terror or is it just the Beeb you have issue with?
What, reporting news?
Well we know the BNP don't like it.
Now dont be silly, I mean gloryfying terrorism, how is playing a tape of sumo ben larden news that the world has to hear, the media just reports it hoping it causes more attrocities, I will give you an example if you can guess this question.
What is a newspapers best selling front page article and it outsells any other headline in the hundreds of thousands ?
sumo
ben
larden
(sic)
Says it all about this thread!
There's a difference between glorifying terrorism and reporting that it happened.
Bring back the Welsh at least they have a bit of sense.
"Well there's this bad thing that happened but we can't tell you about it, but we think the person involved is in Afghanistan so we are invading "