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EDITORIAL |
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Sitcom terrorism
The police crackdown on alleged ELA terrorists over the weekend was a complete denigration of the idea of suspects' detention. Only the perversely sarcastic mind of a scriptwriter or director, in comedies starring Peter Sellers or Louis de Funes, could conjure up the image of a presumed retired terrorist saying on national television that he is about to meet the public order minister, then boarding a ship to Piraeus under the escort of television cameras, before finally being arrested at a train station amid dozens of reporters. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Prosecutors or journalists?
One of two things must be happening: Either we have excellent reporters - and not just two or three of them, but dozens - capable of deciphering intelligence reports, breaking codes and tracking down suspects long before the police do, or the police are intentionally dragging their feet so that, with the help of the television cameras and talk shows, they can conjure up a striking spectacle to alleviate the people's daily routine.
If this was just a case of two or three ingenious journalists each of whom had followed one or two suspects, then yes, we could assume that the much-hyped investigative journalism flourishes in this country also, albeit in a peculiar form. |
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