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  • So the harm it causes is known about and understood, yet it persists in order to preserve a competitive edge?

    No wonder the public at large have no faith in journalists being responsible for policing their own behaviour.

    Ironically it persists because that's what the readers want. But also because getting journos from lots of different outlets to do something is like herding cats. The fact remains that if they don't try to get comment they're not reporting the story properly.

  • ... the story...

    I don't accept that death knocks is part of 'the story'.
    Yes, I definitely feel confused and scared about the current spate of terrorist incidents in Europe, and yes I would love to read more in depth analysis to help me understand what is going on.
    What I don't believe is that my confusion is caused by a lack of intrusive reporting on the grief felt by ordinary people who lost loved ones in the Paris/Nice/Berlin/Stockholm incidents.

  • But we must know definitively how many people died.
    /s
    Its clearly not enough to say in an initial report that a number of people are dead, and wait for the police to release official stats

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