Journalists under-report media-violence harms to avoid aiding censorship advocates.

Evidence

Journalists who cover newsworthy scientific evidence may be reluctant to report negative effects of televised violence for fear of providing support for crusaders bent on banning televised content they find objectionable. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 794

Categorization

• QUESTION: Does this fear-of-censorship framing explain other journalism self-censorship patterns, e.g. climate or vaccine reporting?