Bruce Schneier Blasts Politicians, Media

An anonymous reader writes, "In his latest newsletter, security author Bruce Schneier delivered a scathing critique of politicians and the media for promoting fear and ultimately doing exactly what the terrorists want. Citing several cases of false alarms, Schneier writes: 'Our politicians help the terrorists every time they use fear as a campaign tactic. The press helps every time it writes scare stories about the plot and the threat... Our job is to think critically and rationally, and to ignore the cacophony of other interests trying to use terrorism to advance political careers or increase a television show's viewership.' Are the terrorists laughing at us?"

Comments

Re:Obviously

[DerekLyons]

What surprises me is that more people aren't speaking up like Schneier. It seems to me that the role of the press and politicians in promoting terror is very much like that of oxygen and fuel in promoting fire.

Let's not delude ourselves here. If it weren't for the 'fear and hype' generated by the Goverment - Schneier would have to go the Dvorak route and generate some, lest he have to go and find a real job. Schneier isn't 'speaking out', he's fanning the flames so that people see him as a heroic fireman - and the speaking fees etc... keep a' flowing into his pocket.

Re:Not necessarily

[cp.tar]

Yeah, I know... I was being sarcastic...

Terrorists and politicians are just symbiotes... feeding on people and their fear.

P.S. it's losers, not loosers.