Quite the reverse, reporting on political, economic and other clashes within society is very much part of the everyday routine of journalism.
Conflicts are part of everyday life in a democracy.
The absence of conflicts would, if anything, suggest that democracy itself was absent. As the Northern Irish researcher on conflict John Darby says, it makes as much sense to wish to suppress conflict as it does to try to halt the ageing process. The real issue is how conflicts are dealt with. Realistically, of course, nationalism is by no means restricted to Eastern or South-East Europe. In Western Europe some media also play their part in whipping up nationalist feelings through xenophobia or racism or ethnic chauvinism.