Fact-check: Are terror attacks underreported by the media?

Name: Fact-check: Are terror attacks underreported by the media?
Uploaded: 2017-02-08T00:11:23Z
Duration: P350S
Description: President Trump and his team have repeatedly said that the news media either ignores or pays less attention to terrorist incidents, prompting White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to release a list of past attacks. Judy Woodruff speaks with Philip Bump of The Washington Post to fact-check the accuracy of those claims, and to examine the possible strategy behind Spicer’s list.

Clip: 02/21/2017 | 5m 50s

President Trump and his team have repeatedly said that the news media either ignores or pays less attention to terrorist incidents, prompting White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to release a list of past attacks. Judy Woodruff speaks with Philip Bump of The Washington Post to fact-check the accuracy of those claims, and to examine the possible strategy behind Spicer’s list.

Aired: 02/21/17

Rating: NR

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Fact-check: Are terror attacks underreported by the media?

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