Is There a Connection Between Hostage Taking and the Media?

In the seventies and eighties, hostage taking was a really powerful way to sort of capture the media. The level of violence is calculated for effect without drawing the wrath of god upon yourself. I pray for those people that they don't seriously injure or kill a federal agent in portland. They're calibrate, you know, te sort of street theatre that's calebrated to get people's attention through violence without causing enough damage to bring serious consequences upon yourself. Back then, it was taking, i think between 68 and 73, when they changed a bunch of f a a laws for airline security, there was something like 200 high jackings in the united states,. 200 planes