Yes, the media does need to report all that is happenning as part of elections campaigns-hate speeches included.But media over-exposure of these mindless-illegal-communal-hate-laced speeches over and over again every hour, can actually lead to certain other lesser known criminals in politics to assume that perhaps if they make their own speeches more hate filled they might get more media coverage right in time for the elections.
It is like this kid that notices that a bully kid is getting greater attention from the teachers for having beaten up kids at school and then proceeds to beat up kids himself just so that he can get some attention from the teacher too. Everyone is vying for visibility right before the elections. Media sends out the wrong signals by giving excessive repetitive coverage to the bad politicians and their worthless regressive stupid speeches and undercoverage to the good progressive politicians and their sensible speeches. Therefore, any politician seeking to get more media coverage gravitates towards performing outrageous acts just to get away with free and excessive visibility on tv.
Moral of the story? Report such untoward incidents only once during primetime news and put an end to it. Don't over-report untoward incidents to the point of glamourising them to glory .
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