A paper prepared by the European Commission called on the media to set up a code of conduct to help avoid becoming a propaganda tool for terrorists. The Guardian reports both good news and bad news from the Commission. First the good news:
The paper – Violent Radicalisation and Terrorism Recruitment – warns that the media are taking an over-simplified view of the world, which plays into terrorist hands.
Now the bad news:
One striking proposal is a call for people to refrain from talking about Islamic terrorism. In an attempt to ensure that the vast majority of peaceful Muslims are not portrayed as terrorist sympathisers, the paper says: “The commission believes there is no such thing as ‘Islamic terrorism’…
