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Should terrorists and other criminals be given publicity or not?

wouldn't wiping out the face of osma bin laden from all media make him ineffective?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You have a great point. It would weaken them to refuse to publicize their rantings and threats. Surely every time a film by that terrorist shows, it empowers him and his followers. Our media is our worst enemy sometimes.

  • Reba K
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Do you mean criminals like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove? They've been terrorizing the Middle East and America for some time now and there are laws that they've broken and they're not jailed yet!

  • 1 decade ago

    Don't give them any publicity, like in China, 99% of chinese people have no clue to what's happening in their own country, except what the government wants them to, which is not right, but just an example, you can not spread gloom and doom, and recurit new people if no one knows who or where you are!

  • 1 decade ago

    Terrorist and crimminals strive for media attetion and don't deserve it.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They shouldn't be glorified the way liberal newspapers do.

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