A national survey by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication (CPC) has found that a large majority of Americans say the news media should not show images of beheadings by the organization ISIS.
Seventy percent of those surveyed opposed such media images, while 26 percent said the news media should show them. The telephone survey of 900 people was conducted in October, shortly after ISIS released videos of several Western hostages being beheaded by the group. …
Of those surveyed, 60 percent also said that social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube should block access to images of beheadings, while 36 percent said access should not be blocked. CONT.
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