https://www.scmp.com/rss/325006/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As graphic images of yet another terror attack – this time in Barcelona – flash across the television screen, I’m compelled to ask: could the rise in terrorist organisations and plots be linked to the 24-hour news cycle? Each time a van mows down pedestrians, or white supremacists march down the street, cable news channels inundate the public with all the lurid details, replaying graphic video imagery that often includes the very slogans these organisations are bent on voicing. When cable news... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107982/barcelona-charlottesville-are-islamic-state-and-white?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107982/barcelona-charlottesville-are-islamic-state-and-white?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2017 03:30:05 +0000