# Writing a book about ISIS without inadvertently promoting ISIS

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**Created:** [December 18, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-book-about-isis-without-inadvertently-promoting-isis/740791 "2015-12-18T18:09:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-book-about-isis-without-inadvertently-promoting-isis/740791/1 "2015-12-18T18:09:29Z")

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I’m writing a book about ISIS (the terrorist organization.)

At the same time that I want people to read and be educated about ISIS, I also don’t want to give ISIS what could essentially be free publicity and advertisement. I’m depicting ISIS as brutal, extremely violent and ruthless and a major threat, of course, but for terrorists, any attention - good or bad - can work to advance their cause.  
How do you raise awareness about a terrorist organization without inadvertently promoting it?