Islamic State and the Media

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Islamic State released yet another horrific, highly produced film last week - this time showing the beheading of 21 Christians in Egypt. We ask our audience what they think the media should do with this material. Listeners in the US give their views on what the media should air from these videos and whether the power of the word can be just as chilling. What does your local media choose to air and what does it leave out? What effect does that have on how this story is told? Make sure you get in touch because we want to take a global look at the issue in the coming weeks. Also, we find out whether listeners in Ghana are enjoying a dose of BBC News with their daily diet of music and entertainment as BBC Minute launches its 60-second bulletins on partner station YFM across South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana. We hear from breakfast show host NYDY in Kumasi and Rajan Datar speaks to YFM fan Abdul who has been trying out BBC Minute. (Photo: A Coptic clergyman shows a photo of one of the Egyptian Coptic Christians said to have been killed by IS in Libya. Credit: Mohammed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images)