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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 08:09 PM Jun 2014

CNN gives ISIS free publicity for their Western terrorist recruitment effort......WTF?

Why would not a single voice in the editorial office not say this is a very stupid idea to even mention they have a propaganda video, and if so, do not mention how remarkable and slick and high production value it is.....but it gins up the Fear Factor back in the homeland, the better to gin up a real war, it is getting truly disgusting how worthless and even damaging the national media have become.

I repeat, WTF? Online and on cable, ISIS thanks you very much.


http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/world/2014/06/20/pkg-holmes-iraq-isis-social-media-campaign.cnn&iref=allsearch&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fquery%3DIsis%26x%3D33%26y%3D18%26primaryType%3Dmixed%26sortBy%3Drelevance%26intl%3Dfalse

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CNN gives ISIS free publicity for their Western terrorist recruitment effort......WTF? (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jun 2014 OP
ABC showed it as well liberal N proud Jun 2014 #1
Why? Why would they do that? What news value is it to point out they have a propaganda Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #2
Sensationalism liberal N proud Jun 2014 #3

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. Why? Why would they do that? What news value is it to point out they have a propaganda
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 08:48 PM
Jun 2014

video and then post it on their own websites? How much did ISIS pay for that content placement?
CNN even called it as having high production value, because they seem awed by a high definition camera being used apparently.

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