More Media Bury Head(lines) in the Sand on Muslim Poll
May 23rd, 2007 1:15 AM
We reported yesterday about the evolving headline for an AP story on a poll showing a quarter of American Muslim males think that terrorism is sometimes justifiable.Well now Ace of Spades took it a step further, taking a wider look at how other news agencies are similarly downplaying the alarming statistic with headlines that spin the results positively.It's worth the read, although I have…
Kudos to Couric: Highlights Pro-Terrorist Views of Fourth of Young Mus
May 22nd, 2007 8:46 PM
On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric allocated a few seconds to alerting viewers to how a new poll discovered that a significant minority of Muslims in America hold “disturbing” views on the acceptability of suicide bombings and who carried out the 9/11 attacks. Neither the ABC or NBC evening newscasts mentioned the new non-network poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center…
Will ’60 Minutes’ Interview Kerrey About His Disagreements With De
May 22nd, 2007 5:19 PM
For the past five years, CBS’s “60 Minutes” has been a safe haven for any Republican to voice his or her displeasure with the Bush administration. In fact, the program has been a walking billboard for such sentiments.With that in mind, given former Sen. Bob Kerrey’s rather eye-opening op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal (h/t Allah at Hot Air), it seems safe to assume the outspoken Democrat will…
AP and Yahoo’s Continually Evolving Suicide Bombings Headline
May 22nd, 2007 2:51 PM
Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs has identified a rather interesting phenomenon at Yahoo this morning.As the website reported on the results of a just-released Pew Research Center survey of Muslim Americans, the headline continued to change:One hour and 52 minutes ago, the headline was:Most U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings.Thirty-five minutes ago, the same story was re-released:…
Media Ignore Fort Dix Six’s Ties to Mosques in New Jersey and Philad
May 21st, 2007 5:46 PM
If the six men charged with planning to attack Fort Dix a few weeks ago all had ties to mosques in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, would this be newsworthy?Well, America’s press outlets didn’t seem to think so, for with little exception, this bit of information went largely unreported.In fact, according to Google news and LexisNexis searches, the only major outlet to report both mosques…
Palestinian Website Votes to Kill BBC Hostage Alan Johnston
May 20th, 2007 1:57 PM
You think the blogosphere is a hostile place? Well, you ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.Internet Haganah, a global network dedicated to identifying and confronting terrorist activities over the Internet, reported Sunday that a Palestinian forum named al-Ommh was running a rather disgraceful poll.At issue is whether or not Alan Johnston, the BBC member who was captured in Gaza in March and is still being…
Islamic Legal Scholar Says Iraq Needs American Presence for Stability
May 19th, 2007 6:17 PM
If you believe what you see from our news media, everybody in the Middle East with the exception of Israelis wants American military forces out of Iraq as soon as possible, and thinks suicide bombers are martyrs to be revered.Well, meet Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari, the former dean of Islamic Law at Qatar University. He was interviewed by Al-Arabiya TV on May 11 during which he made some statements…
‘ER’ Goes Anti-Bush, Antiwar, and Anti-Counterterrorism in the Sam
May 18th, 2007 12:37 PM
A television program came out strongly against the war on terror and the war in Iraq Thursday evening, but Katie, Charlie, Brian, and Wolf weren’t involved.Video (1:42): Real (1.23 MB) or Windows (1.04 MB), plus MP3 (1.12 MB).In this instance, it was NBC’s hit series “ER,” and the show – about doctors, nurses, and patients in a hospital emergency room if you couldn’t guess – didn’t wait very…
