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Obama Criticizes Media's Saturated Coverage of Terror Attacks for Amplifying Fear About IS Threat

2015-12-22 08:50:28       source:Xinhua News Agency

December 22, 2015

 

"U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the U.S. media's saturated coverage of recent terror attacks by Islamic State (IS) for whipping up the public's fear about the group's threat.

 

'Well, I think what's fair is that post-Paris you had a saturation of news about the horrible attack there. And ISIL combines viciousness with very savvy media operations,' Obama said in an interview released Monday."

 

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