Brussels: reporting the horrible truth

The horrible truth is that ISIS has got what it wanted today: huge publicity for its cause and a dramatic incursion into the consciousness of western publics and politicians. Paradoxically, it has achieved that thanks to our free media. A news media that has covered the Brussels atrocities in extraordinary full and graphic detail, breaking the news with incredible alacrity and admirable professionalism. And it is our vibrant social networks that have amplified the coverage and brought it intimately to anyone with an Internet connection. So our rich media has rewarded, at least in the short term, the terrorist.