Should we change the way terrorist attacks are dealt with in the media

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I'm saddened to see that a city I love was attacked by cowards! Once again choosing an easy target a bunch of teenagers, children and families out to enjoy a music concert. What angers me is the fact the world's media continues to allow extremist groups to claim responsibility for these attacks. Why do we allow them to gain publicity for their cause or turn the cowards who committed the attack into martyrs. The word terrorist should cease to even exist. These attacks should be named as what they are a coward committing murder. I don't believe we should even give the name, race or religion of the brain washed coward who carried out an attack. Just burn the bits of him that are left and throw them in the trash let him be a nobody for eternity rather than held up as a martyr. These groups thrive on publicity! After all if nobody has heard of them nobody is going to join them! Somewhere today there will be a sad nobody considering or planning an attack thinking that they will die a martyr. So why let them? Tonight I witnessed a Muslim friend being verbally attacked with threats to him and his business. The media has created a monster in society so an ordinary guy cannot go about his business in peace. The media should concentrate on the true heroes. The emergency services staff who worked all night or turned up to work when they heard of the attack. The people of Manchester who gave free taxis, fed people, helped the injured and took in those who had nowhere to go into hotels and homes. Give the pages of the news to the victims, their families and the heroes rather than creating hatred towards one religion by giving publicity to a minority of extremist cowards.