I don't like Kerry, but he's right on this one, and not just for terrorism, but mass shootings as well. Not calling for a news blackout, but the media in this country bemoans and wails in the aftermath of an attack on a scale the world has seldom seen. In the meantime, more people die in traffic accidents during the first days after such an attack with little notice.
This ^^^^.
Embedded reporting started during the Vietnam conflict, and has been nothing but a detriment - period.