Terrorism is a major problem facing our nation and when the media report terrorist actions they just enhance the problem to a larger scale. "If the media were not there to report terrorist acts and to explain their political and social significance... terrorism as such would cease to exist," said John O'Sullivan, an editor of the Times of London (Terrorism 3). This is also the way many other people feel about the recent increase in terrorist …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…just confined to big cities; they can strike in any town, regardless of its size (Nicholls 120). If the problems that the media cause are ever going to be solved, the media must decide whether to regulate themselves or deal with the consequences of government regulation; these are the only two choices the media currently have. Before more choices can become available, research must be done to discover effective solutions to the problems the media cause.