“With rare exception, active members of ISIS are notoriously shy about talking to Western reporters. The reason ISIS has invested so heavily in elaborate media and propaganda arms is that its mantra—‘Hear from us, not about us’—is designed to demonstrate to fellow travelers and would-be enlistees that what the Crusader-Zionist press says is all lies. The higher metaphysical truth of the ‘Islamic State’ can only be grasped by joining it or listening to what the mujahidin have to say.”
Source: Inside the Head of an ISIS True Believer – The Daily Beast