Reporting on terror without feeding it

Journalism has legitimate functions to fulfil, but needs to exercise careful judgmentAs the UK ached with the suffering inflicted by two terrorist attacks in quick succession, some readers expressed a feeling that is as understandable as it must be widespread: just let it stop.The images, descriptions and background information about the London Bridge attack, which journalists worked hard to gather, were thought by some to worsen the suffering and even to assist the terrorists. Continue reading.