'Islam,' 'Muslim' censored from newspaper reports on Kenya, Pakistan attacks

[Bignugget 0]

Seen as a different group by who?

Not by me.

I see them as Baptist Christians.

Just like they say they are.

stupid fucking bigoted close minded baptist christians.

But baptist christians none the less.


I understand you would hate to see headlines reading "BAPTIST CHRISTIANS STAGE PROTEST AT SOLDIERS FUNERAL" as a baptist christian, when it was just some crazy fucking assholes who latched onto your belief system. Maybe because you would claim the actions of a few don't reflect on the beliefs of the many?

[Bolas 5]

Bignugget

Seen as a different group by who?

Not by me.

I see them as Baptist Christians.

Just like they say they are.

stupid fucking bigoted close minded baptist christians.

But baptist christians none the less.


I understand you would hate to see headlines reading "BAPTIST CHRISTIANS STAGE PROTEST AT SOLDIERS FUNERAL" as a baptist christian, when it was just some crazy fucking assholes who latched onto your belief system. Maybe because you would claim the actions of a few don't reflect on the beliefs of the many?

While that may cause issue for anyone Baptist, the Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, etc are going to be less affected, even if the headline just said Christian.

It's all about differentiation. Of course, then the religion is less likely to get the free publicity defending itself.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

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Skyrad

******http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/24/islam-muslim-censored-from-newspaper-reports-on-kenya-pakistan-attacks/?cmpid=NL_morninghl "Yet on Monday, September 23, 90 percent of the top ten (via circulation numbers) daily newspapers’ headlines in the United States censored the words “Islam” and Muslim” from Nairobi and Pakistan reports. One – the New York Daily News – didn’t even have a headline for the latest Islamic terrorist attacks. That’s journalism at its finest."

Holy shit, they were Muslims!?!Yeah, and the ones from Nairobi let the muslims go before they went on a killing spree for all non-muslims. They were kind of picky who they wanted to kill. In Pakistan, they had a pretty good idea who was in the Christian church they bombed.

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.

[rehmwa 2]

this whole thread has devolved into a bunch of people arguing that their group is being unfairly stereotyped as represented by its worse members - usually with statement that are full of random generalizations about another group based on its worse members

just wow -

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[Bolas 5]

rehmwa

this whole thread has devolved into a bunch of people arguing that their group is being unfairly stereotyped as represented by its worse members - usually with statement that are full of random generalizations about another group based on its worse members

just wow -

Sounds like most political discussions on here.

Seems crazy there'd be all this fuss over something that there's no scientific proof of.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[rickjump1 0]

rehmwa

this whole thread has devolved into a bunch of people arguing that their group is being unfairly stereotyped as represented by its worse members - usually with statement that are full of random generalizations about another group based on its worse members

just wow -

If you could only tell the victims and the members of their families.

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.

[champu 1]

rickjump1

If you could only tell the victims and the members of their families.

You mean the victims and the families about which you stop reading when you get to the end of the headline?

I think it can be interesting to note the order in which information is presented in news articles (and I've done it myself here recently) but it's important to remember you're talking about what the editor thinks will grab as many members of the audience as possible. So if a piece of information is completely omitted from an article that's one thing, but I am hesitant to fault a news agency for having less dramatic headlines.

Here, let's try this on the original article you posted, "'Islam,' 'Muslim' censored from newspaper reports on Kenya, Pakistan attacks"

Bam... "Islam", "Muslim", and "censored from newspaper reports" right in your face. Sounds like some serious shit is up, let's read on...

1) Conjecture that newspaper reporters are incompetent (and we're off to a good start)
2) Nairobi, Kenya (where)
3) last weekend (when)
4) Islamist militants (religious affiliation of who)
5) executed non-Muslims in a mall and suicide bombed a Christian church elsewhere (what and religious affiliation of to whom)
6) 9 out of top 10 circulated newspapers did not use the words "Islam" or "Muslim" in the headlines of the stories about these events.
7) they list the specifics of headlines that, in fact, do not contain the words "Islam" nor "Muslim" and state that it's not until you read the article that you come across this information.

...So what's worse? Having to read beyond the headline to get all the details I care to know about a story, or having to read beyond a headline to learn that the headline itself is total bullshit?

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Darius11

They have time and time again,some one mentions

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Islamic leaders would publicly denounce and distance themselves from the extremists.

this you get posted link after link after link.

But some how the Islamic leaders distancing them selves and denouncing the action never ends up on FOX news.....go figure

Not only that but islamic leaders who denounce the extremists are in turn targeted for reprisal attacks by the extremists. It takes a very courageous mullah, imam or whatever to stand up to those pukes because religion is a full-contact sport in a lot of places in SW Asia. They die for their beliefs too, but that doesn't make the news in the West.

mh
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