Terrorism and the Media

Imagine we are a resident of Jerusalem in the year 60 AD, and we are taking a walk throughout the marketplace doing our weekly shopping. We see a man pull out a dagger and he yells, "Death to all Romans!" and attacks a Roman guard, killing him in front of hundreds of spectators. The assassin quietly slips into the crowd and is lost in a sea of people never to be found. The word of the …

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