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The following websites are links to the online addresses of major resources that regularly report news about terrorism:

• Al Arabiya News Channel (Dubai)
• Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
• BBC (UK)
• CNN (USA)
• Dawn (Pakistan)
• Middle East Media Research Institute
• New York Times
• SITE Intelligence Group (USA)

Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of the reporting of terrorism by the media.

1. Compare and contrast the reporting of political violence by the referenced media services. What patterns of reporting can you identify?
2. To what extent are the media services biased in their reporting? How so?
3. To what extent are the media services objective in their reporting? How so?

For an online search of reporting of terrorism by the media, readers should enter the following keywords in the search engine on their Web browser:

• “Media and Terrorism”
• “Propaganda and Terrorism”