If my leaders and populace were blood-thirsty murderers who applauded and hero-worshiped acts of TERRORISM, I too would like to keep that away from public scrutiny. Who wouldn't?
As much as I used to be aggravated by Lucien Bouchard's assertion that Canada is not a real country, for which he later apologized, he was nonetheless right.
The British, American, and Jewish Brigades also did their part in driving the Nazis out of North Africa and the Middle East, cutting them off from their fuel supply.
I believe that journalism is the most important profession known to man, simply because through it, consequences are created by how journalism shapes opinion.