The relationship between terror and its presentation in the media is examined. The process of presenting terror is characterized as a method of challenging, negotiating, and redrawing moral boundaries. On the one hand, examining the terrormedia relationship in this fashion enables us to transcend issues involved in taking a stand regarding the contents of speci???c acts of terror. On the other hand, making a stand regarding the nature of terror requires a moral decision. Any such stand regarding the content of terror, in terms of its explanation and justi???cation, is thus based on a moral agenda that can be deciphered from the way it is presented. I use the case of political assassinations and executions to illustrate this terrormedia connection through the conceptualization of negotiating moral boundaries. Keywords: assassinations, media, moral boundaries, terror, war IntroductionOne persons terrorist is anothers freedom ???ghter is a common statement. And, indeed, some famous world leaders were incarcerated or hunted asterrorists, only to appear years later as genuine freedom ???ghters for peace. Israels Menachem Begin and South Africas Nelson Mandela are just two illustrations. How can one make such a distinction? And
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