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Catherine Field: French media boycott of terrorist glorification

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 6:45AM
France correspondent Catherine Field told Andrew Dickens journalists believe the tipping point was the Nice attack.

Catherine Field: French media boycott of terrorist glorification

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 6:45AM

The debate continues in France - how do you stop the rise of extremism?

The French parliament's deciding on whether to write laws around how terrorism is reported in the media.

As politicians talk, some of the country's major news outlets have voluntarily vowed to stop publishing the names and faces of extremists.

France correspondent Catherine Field told Andrew Dickens journalists believe the tipping point was the Nice attack.

"A lot of newspapers in particular carried photos of the assailant, that were taken a couple of days before the attack with him on the beach, and it just seemed as though it was not right."

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