Early this month, the Trump administration claimed news outlets were intentionally not covering terrorist attacks in the West. The White House then sent journalists a list of terror attacks it believes did not receive adequate attention from Western media, reports USA Today.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration just wanted to be very clear about the under-reporting of terror attacks.
He said that the White House wanted to be very clear there were a lot of examples between 2014 and 2016 that occurred and many of them haven’t got the attention that they have deserved in the media.
Spicer explained that it is becoming too often that many of these attacks do not get the spectacular attention that they deserve and he thinks it undermines the understanding of the threat that Americans face around the country.
He added that President Trump cares about making sure that Americans don’t have attacks in the country, that they are protected, that they are ahead of the curve and he thinks what they need to do is to remind people that the earth is a very dangerous place these days.
Spicer also pointed out that the ISIS is trying to do the US harm and that the President’s commitment is to keep the country safe and part of the efforts is to make sure the American people are reminded how prevalent these attacks are.