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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
In theory, it would be great if terrorists were given minimal attention. I am not sure that this is a realistic request though. The public has an interest in knowing when and where terrorist attacks occur, and who is doing them. Plus, there are so many independent media these days given the internet, that you would never be able to facilitate an agreement.
Information travels almost instantly these days and if the mainstream media stops reporting with detail, then the mainstream public will find the information where they want to. It's very difficult to launch and fight a propaganda war without state controlled media, and I am sure most people would not want to bend on the fundamental democratic principle (except maybe guys like Trump and Putin).
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Do you actually believe that terrorism would go away if it wasn't covered?
Terrorists aren't simple they aren't doing this just to seek attention, they're doing it to kill and to further fear.
So if lets say the media says nope, we're going to give minimal attention to this, the terrorists would simply up their ante and commit larger acts of terror to swing the attention back.