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On 29 August 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry appeared at a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh and made statements about terrorism that were widely criticized in the days after his appearance. Kerry spoke about terrorism, the media, and whether coverage of terror acts led to an increase in such events. In American news reports, Kerry's remarks were truncated in segments in which pundits castigated his comments: The quote is accurate and unedited, but a full transcript of Kerry's remarks (available on the U.S. State Department's web site) offers a good deal more context: Kerry took questions from local journalists, including one about whether government anti-terror actions were sufficient. In response to that question, Kerry cited the influence of media and social media on terrorist groups and lone wolf actors: Kerry again referenced Islamic State propaganda and its influence when answering a question about the role of Bangladesh in the global effort to stop terrorism: It is true that John Kerry said media coverage of terrorist acts might not be beneficial in efforts to reduce terrorism, and that he specifically said people wouldn't know [what was] going on. But those two sentences are part of a larger speech in which Kerry warned wall-to-wall coverage of terror attacks quickly feed the frenzy that can come with opposition and panic and hysteria, exacerbating tensions between civilians and terror groups, and possibly inspiring subsequent terrorist acts.
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