Originally Posted by Osem

It's common knowledge that the authorities have their eyes on several thousand budding jihadists. I don't see how what Trump said alerts these people any more than that fact does. They'll all be working on the assumption that they may well be being monitored.

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Nobody's saying don't mention it, but do we really need umpteen reports full of speculation, images of distraught/injured people and statements of the obvious? The media should stick to the facts given by the police and other emergency services there's no need for so much repetition followed by the usual raft of debates about the terror threat when nothing has changed and we're going to be living with this for a very long time. If something different happens then of course cover it and give what new advice we can to the public but there's no need for all this forensic coverage.

4 people died on the M5 yesterday and 3 are still critically ill. We're not being treated to endless coverage and speculation about that, we accept it's part of modern life. We need to get this into perspective and not create more fear and uncertainty than is warranted. The chances of any of us being killed or injured in a terrorist attack is miniscule, far less than going out in our cars.