In recent years, terrorist attacks have become more widespread and spectacular. Thus, traditional news media must find a balance between ethics and the truth to better inform and protect the public from the harm that both sensationalist media coverage and terrorism might cause. But in reporting the destructive effects of terrorism, journalists should be careful not to appeal to emotions and not to present terrorists as heroes. This research shows that it is possible for the media to use codes of ethics to report the truth in the coverage of terror acts. It studies the coverage of three ...