The networks, which saw the apparently politically-motivated murder of a Kansas doctor who performed late term abortions as a major story, haven't been so interested in a Muslim convert who specifically targeted and shot two Army privates outside a Little Rock recruiting office, killing one, William Long. None mentioned it on Monday night and on Tuesday evening, as all aired follow-up pieces on Dr. George Tiller, only NBC gave it a few seconds.
A Tuesday Arkansas Democrat-Gazette post reported Abdul Hakim Muhammad was “on a mission to 'kill as many people in the Army as he could,' police said” and targeted the “soldiers 'because of what they had done to Muslims in the past.'” (The Little Rock paper noted both victims “had recently completed basic training and had never seen combat.”)
Tuesday morning, ABC's Good Morning America ran a full story while CBS's Early Show and NBC's Today aired shorter items, but as noted by Scott Whitlock in an earlier post: “The Today show completely ignored two facts about a man who murdered a soldier at an Army recruiting station in Arkansas: He had just converted to Islam and was being investigated by the FBI for a trip to Yemen. Instead, NBC's Ann Curry, in anchor briefs throughout the show, vaguely explained that Abdulhakim Muhammad was 'upset with the military.'”
After a full story Tuesday evening on the background of the man who murdered Tiller, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams read this shorter item on the Arkansas case:
In Little Rock, Arkansas today, a suspect who was already being watched by the FBI pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in yesterday's shooting at an Army recruiting center. The prosecutors say Abdul Hakim Muhammad, a converted Muslim, admitted shooting 23-year-old private William Long for political and religious reasons. Another soldier was wounded. Investigators are looking at whether Muhammad, who recently was in Yemen and Somalia, was inspired by others, perhaps, to carry out the attack.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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June 2, 2009 - 22:32 ET by well99They just dont care.If it doesnt advance their agenda it doesnt matter to them.
Murder of soldiers
June 2, 2009 - 22:50 ET by merlin61O'Reilly brought this fact up tonight. Why isn't
NBC blaming Muslims on the murder of soldiers
but instead, blaming the murder of a baby killer
on pro-lifers, because both the Muslims and the
Pro-abortionist were radicals. This happens
when there are extremists in any society, but
the libs must blame conservative talk shows
in the case of the murdered baby-killer instead
of the facts. They don't care about our soldiers,
they only care for pro-abortion factors.
no hate crime here
June 2, 2009 - 23:05 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
The MSM has about as much concern for dead soldiers here as Rep Wasserman (D-FL). The only time they will express outrage is if the victim of a hate crime is in the words of the esteemed Representative Gay, Jewish or African American. I guess we can expand the definition to "employed as an Abortionist." Will ANYONE IN THE MEDIA QUESTION REP. WASSERMAN IF SHE HAS HAD A CHANGE OF HEART IN LIGHT OF THIS MURDER? WILL ANYONE ASK GIBBS IF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WILL OFFER WORDS OF SYMPATHY TO A DEAD SOLDIER AND ORDER HOLDER TO PROTECT RECRUITMENT CENTERS LIKE THEY ARE PROTECTING ABORTION CLINICS TODAY?
How about expanding the definition of hate crimes to protect veterans and members of the military? Representative Tom Rooney, a retired U.S. Army JAG Corps. officer, proposed and amendment to do just that. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D - FL) was shocked and insulted:
“I'm from a state, as Mr. Rooney is, that includes and represents the districts that include real victims. I represent a very large — one of the largest gay populations in the United States of America. One of the largest Jewish populations in the United States of America. My region — our region has a very large African-American population. It really is belittling of the respect that we should have for these groups to suggest that members of the armed services have somehow systematically been the victims of hate crimes."
Brent ...stop it.
June 2, 2009 - 23:22 ET by superconYou're just playing games with us now.
Are you seriously trying to claim that TWO main stream media networks overlooked a shooting of two uniformed soldiers by a muslim convert who had just returned from Yemen and was under FBI surveillance...?
It could never happen because just the other day I saw how mad the MSM gets over who they believe is a domestic terrorist.
Cut the sh!t
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
You think he made it
June 2, 2009 - 23:31 ET by general companyOn the DHS list, I wonder if he was higher or lower then me
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Uh hoh geez....
June 3, 2009 - 00:33 ET by superconYou think he made it
June 3, 2009 - 00:31 ET by general company
On the DHS list, I wonder if he was higher or lower then me
I'm not sure. Are you a returning soldier...
Janet says that they're crazy mofo's
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
Are you a returning
June 3, 2009 - 06:55 ET by BDAre you a returning soldier...
Janet says that they're crazy mofo's
I'm sure the State Media has their orders.
June 3, 2009 - 07:42 ET by Old SaltNo bad Muslim press while the president is doing his Middle East apology tour. I'm sure, if a real reporter gets a chance to ask about the administration's silence on the subject, Gibb's response will be something like "To ensure the president's safety while touring the Middle East, we didn't want the press stirring up anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world. That Fox and conservative bloggers made hay of this unfortunate inconvienence might say something about how they view the president's safety. And, by the way, since the president has Muslim roots, disparaging remarks about Muslims will now be viewed as a direct insult to the president."
Lucky for the MSM and Obama
June 3, 2009 - 08:02 ET by dscottLucky for the MSM and Obama that the murder of Tiller and a Soldier happened on the same day because covering up the jihadi terrorist murder of a soldier would have been a little tricky given the recent synogogue bombing conspiracy that was foiled in NY. Ignoring that 800 pound gorilla is going to be increasingly difficult as more jihadi terrorist attacks occur here on US soil.
You do know what the 800 pound gorilla is don't you? Now that Bush and Cheney (Lord Sidious and Darth Vader) aren't around to protect the country, Obama and his fooligans have to start explaining why jihadi terrorist attacks are now occurring on US soil! As long as Obama and the MSM can keep the country distracted with excuses and misdirection they don't have to explain why it is the first acts of jihadi terrorism on US soil since 911 is occurring on Obama's watch.
Liberals are playing their favorite game - false equivalence. The point of the game is to get you to focus on something else and not the truth. Domestic Terrorism, Murder and Jihadi Terrorism are not equal/same because they have totally different motivations. If they are equal then Obama has some explaining to do why so many people were killed in Chicago over that weekend.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Michelle Malkin has pointed
June 3, 2009 - 09:47 ET by dscottMichelle Malkin has pointed out something we need to expose here, the lone gunman theory:
http://michellemalki...
Why the silence? Politically and religiously-motivated violence, it
seems, is only worth lamenting when it demonizes opponents. Which also
helps explain why the phrase “lone shooter” is
ubiquitous in media coverage of jihadi shooters gone wild – think
convicted Jeep Jihadi Mohammed Taheri-Azar at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill or Israel-bashing gunman Naveed Haq who targeted a
Seattle Jewish charity or Los Angeles International Airport shooter
Hesham Hedayet who opened fire at the El Al Israeli airline ticket
counter– but not in cases involving rare acts of anti-abortion violence.
Was Muhammed smart enough to act alone or did he have help? He traveled to Yemen, got a Somali passport, got arrested for using said passport, then admits he would have killed more if they were in the parking lot. Does this sound like he had the wits to be self sufficient? Wasn't the idea of recruiting US born people to be terrorists on the agenda of al Queda so they could get past security? Here's another question not asked by the MSM, where did he get $3,500 for the round trip flight from Tennessee to Yemen? Does he look like he has $3,500 to blow? Why was he there? Just to get a fake passport? Why?
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Exellent points dscott
June 3, 2009 - 09:55 ET by general companyBoth post are real food for thought, thanks
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
dscott
June 3, 2009 - 20:42 ET by well99You might also remember Mel Gibson went on a tirade at the time Naveed Haq killed and wounded people at that charity organization.Which drew the most condemnation?It was Gibson.The msm gave very little coverage to the shooting.The fact that a women was killed and others wounded got very little press.The msm was so focus on Gibson.
Madcow prefers "Cassius Clay"
June 3, 2009 - 08:30 ET by SickofLibsMadcow touched on the story on her Tuesday night show, but in her "reporting" the perp's name was CARLOS BLEDSOE.
Not Abdulhakim Muhammad, which is the guys' name as has been reported everywhere else. And she said he had a "political" issue, nothing related to Islamism or anything.
So I assume she also refers to Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay and Kareem Abdul Jabbar as Lou Alcindor.
We know what the media favors
June 3, 2009 - 09:53 ET by Blogger Guy00001The media favors the terrorist killing by a member of the religion of "peace" and opposes the killing of an abortionist. Their allegences are quite clear.
What If....
June 3, 2009 - 12:30 ET by flyingmonkeyOne could only wonder how the MSM would have covered Tiller's murder had it been carried out by a Muslim extremist for political and religious reasons.
As a Muslim, even I must
June 3, 2009 - 13:15 ET by CamelopardalisAs a Muslim, even I must say that the suspect's conversion to Islam is relevant to the story. I watch ABC World News Tonight every night and they have yet to even mention the murder, which surprises me.
If someone had asked me six months ago about how the media treats Muslims, I would have said horribly. The mosque I attend has people active in CAIR, MPAC, and ISNA; all you hear is about how the media stereotypes us. Now I realize that the opposite is true; in an effort to prevent stereotyping (or advance some other agenda), they are purposefully omitting information, which is wrong in any case. However, I am not sure that this is due to the lobbying of the likes of CAIR; they don't seem to be that powerful to me. Maybe the Saudis?
Of course it's relevant...
June 3, 2009 - 13:24 ET by PrairieSkyThis man's conversion to radicalized Islam was undoubtedly the motive behind his crime...He said it himself...He was targeting American military because of what he misguidedly believes are the actions our military has taken against other Muslims. That's the SOP for radicalized Islamists. The fact that many in the media are leaving this critically important fact out of their coverage can only be seen as intentional. Par for the course for the MSM...
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Never Offend A Muslim
June 3, 2009 - 13:54 ET by GeneralAlI never thought I would live to see the day that our country would be under the domination of the Communist party with the MSM as its loyal propaganda machine! I hope every one of these clowns lose their jobs as their networks self destruct! Of course the Tele Prez will probably take our tax money and bail them out!
Brent... It has been more
June 3, 2009 - 14:13 ET by bigtimerBrent...
It has been more than infuriating the lack of news about this...and where is Obama and his team on this...are they making sure recruiting centers are being protected, like they have with the abortion clinics since Tiller the Baby killers death...let alone the silence from all of them.
These are are very men that protect, defend and serve this nation voluntarily...that give the msm the enemies within as far as I am concerned the very right to spew their left-wing agenda tripe 24/7 to this nation...
Disgraceful is to kind a word to use...but I have to here...if I said how I really felt with my anger over all of this lack of reporting on this sad story and all the connections that are implied with the terrorists...I would be kicked off of here.
The msm, arm in arm with this administration and the leftists in congress are who people should blame more than anybody if we are attacked again...especially from within.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart