As the terrorist group ISIS releases a third video purporting to show the beheading of a British aid worker, I have no doubt that the media will be continuously replaying the jolting image of the ISIS executioner, throughout the next few days, as he stands over his impending victim with his steely knife.
Granted, these are horrific events and all sympathies should be extended to the families of these individuals, who were so grotesquely murdered. It is interesting, nevertheless, how the media has been ratcheting up emotions through the highlighting of these videos.
Why, I remember when the media used to avoid inflammatory news, such as those presented by September 11 nemesis Osama bin Laden, as he vowed to carry out additional attacks on the United States, through his own frequently produced low-tech videos.