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ractive  ·  2500 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The endless loop of terror victims: Lazy journalism that lets ISIS run the newsroom

I would argue that these media outlets are more concerned with their viewing numbers rather than generating fear deliberately. It just so happens that fear/terror gets a lot of attention which means more money. So these outlets have a incentive to replay the horror, fear as a consequence rather than a goal.

Good article though.