Carlos the Jackal not promoted by media

WI the Western media during the 1970s hadn't promoted Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez as the terrorist arch-villain of the era and painted him as the mastermind of all international terrorist incidents which occurred (whether or not he actually was responsible) ? Just saw a biography of Carlos on HIST'S MYSTERIES, which stated that in the mid-70s 1 newspaper reporter mistakenly stated that a copy of Frederick Forsyth's DAY OF THE JACKAL had been found in Carlos' apartment, which was capitalised upon by both the papers and Western intelligence services who needed an all-encompassing bogeyman they could hold out and pillory as the cause of all terrorism ills. WI that hadn't been the case ?
 
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