Terrorists and the News Media

I am coming to understand that there is a powerful dynamic between the news media and the Muslim terrorists. The news media are being played, being used, allowing the terrorists to spread their message completely around the world. The images of destruction generate fear around the world, and in that sense, the terrorists are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams. Prohibiting the distribution of those images and stories is one solution to frustrate the terrorists, but I oppose that, since I support the free flow of ideas, news, and information around the world as a method of protecting liberty around the world. As during the cold war, the net result are whole populations suffering from the news about the terrorist situation as well as their own personal problems. Life was truly simpler on the family farm, with a local newspaper and one little radio to the outside world that played Paul Harvey and the local news.