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150 word agree or disagree

In the modern age social media, internet, and the ability of information on the go the media play a large role in most everyone’s day to day life.  Information and new of current events can travel as the blink of an eye from one side of the world to the other.  The media can impact the public’s view and opinion of an event on how they report and represent the story.  Shaping how people, places, event, and actions are preserved in the modern ear may affect criminal case or even public outcry over a topic.

The media is not only a passive channel to share information, but a key player that shapes people’s perceptions of reality (Carnegie Council, 2016).  Terrorist and terrorist groups understand that the media is a tool they can use to increase the impact of their case or their actions are seen the masses.  Knowing that competing news outlets can share the same story with different view points terrorist group except to get negative and positive spins. Using the standing system of information sharing the terrorist hope to reach more people who may become supports and sympathetic to their cause. 

Well the media has the responsibility to report to the world on event around the globe they should do so in a fashion that give the facts and in detail for people to be informed.  The media provides a platform for terrorist movements to broadcast and amplify their message to global audiences (Elshimi, 2018).  How the media reports and what type of light they shine on a terrorist event may seem to romanticize the terrorist or an event.  Giving the terrorist as a person the spotlight in the news cycle can be as turning them into “Rockstar” and increasing fame or gain follower to the criminal act committed by the terrorist. 

Terrorist and the media need each other in a synced relationship.  The terrorist needs the media to showcase their actions and spared their view around the world.  The media needs the actions of criminals and terrorist to gain view and increase ratings “if it bleeds, it leads” frame of mind.  The government should not interfere with how the media outlet report the story or what stories they report on.  While freedom of the press shall be understood and upheld, the government does have the means to prove the public the detail of the action of terrorist that the media may not report ensuring the impact and the event isn’t lost on a person story of the terrorist or terrorist group. 

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