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I do think the media have a responsibility to report accurately at times like this and such speculation is unhelpful, although probably consistent with public thought.

But the problems with the media go deeper than sensationalist headlines and speculation IMO and they do always seem to focus on the most devisive and negative part of a story. For example, I remember last year in London there was a massive anti-IS parade by Muslims which wasn't even mentioned on BBC (yet they often cover protests from a small number of dickheads from the BNP). I feel they have a responsibility to report positive things like this that could genuinely influence and improve people's views. I'd also blame the media for the tone of the EU debate being so negative and focused on immigration when that was only part of much bigger issue. People focus on what the media tell them to.

That being said, and I know this is separate to your post, the nationality of the terrorists committing offences is newsworthy given some of them may be migrants that Merkel actively encouraged to come to mainland EU without any kind of background check. It brings in to question the judgement Merkel made and I don't have an issue with this being discussed so long as it's done objectively.
I've now done a wee bit of research and the statistics of what Germans would call Amoklauf (killing sprees) is a bit of an eye opener. In the last 25 years there's been 12 cases in Germany. 10 of those 12 cases were carried out by German men, 1 a German woman and the other a German man with Iranian parents. Kind of puts to bed the media's hyperbole that Germany is suffering a wave of Islamic atrocities.