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August 30, 2016

John Kerry: Media Would Do Us a Favor By Covering Terrorism Less So That People Wouldn't Know What's Going On

That's not a juiced headline; he really said that.

Speaking to the Thai press (Thailand having recently suffered a brutal terrorist attack), Kerry suggested that ignorance is the best defense:

Remember this: No country is immune from terrorism. It's easy to terrorize. Government and law enforcement have to be correct 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. But if you decide one day you're going to be a terrorist and you're willing to kill yourself, you can go out and kill some people. You can make some noise. Perhaps the media would do us all a service if they didn't cover it quite as much. People wouldn't know what's going on.

Last September Kerry also seemed to blame the media's mere coverage of terrorism for the terrorism problem.

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