The United Nations is willing to convene an international conference to formulate ethical guidelines for journalists covering one of the most politically sensitive issues in the world body: terrorism.
Implicitly calling for a virtual ban on interviewing terrorists, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that both civil society and mass media should play a prominent role in countering "hyper-nationalistic and xenophobic messages that glorify mass murder and martyrdom".
Last month, news media the world over ran statements and videos by Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and Ayman Al-Zawahiri, each with a price on their heads.
The United States has offered over 50 million dollars for the capture of the three -- dead or alive. But all have received considerable play both in the print and electronic media -- particularly in the Middle East.
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