Rethinking How To Cover Terrorism

The press has been in a bind when it comes to covering terrorism: to fully inform the public about terrorist attacks and how they happen, without supplying the very notoriety the attackers crave.

Writing in Poynter this week, Indira Lakshmanan argues that whatever the responsible balance is, it’s not the one that was struck in the coverage of the bombing at the Manchester Arena. Bob speaks with Indira about how wall-to-wall terrorism coverage distorts the truth and traumatizes news consumers, and how journalists can adopt a more accurate lexicon.