Episode 690 • • 1:08:42 - 1:13:00
690: Win by a Gyp
ISIS Japanese Hostages, Media Messaging and Psychological Warfare
The hosts analyze the media coverage of ISIS holding two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, for a $200 million ransom. They argue that the situation is a "messaging deal" designed to give ISIS a psychological edge and make the group appear more powerful than it is militarily. Wolf Blitzer and Mike Rogers discuss the "terrorized" public reaction as a primary goal of the group's propaganda.