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Media Has Anti-Muslim Bias, Claims Report
The Guardian (UK) ^ | 11-14-2005

Posted on 11/14/2005 5:39:26 PM PST by blam

Media has anti-Muslim bias, claims report

Monday November 14, 2005

The portrayal of Arab and Muslim people in the western media is "typically stereotypical and negative", according to a new study of perceptions of Islam. The report, commissioned by the Kuwaiti government and based on a surveys and interviews with media experts, claims that terrorism, anti-Americanism and the Iraq occupation dominate TV news coverage of the Middle East.

"In the past 30 years of thousands of TV show series, there have been less than 10 characters who have been Arab-Americans," the report claims.

"In print stereotypes are not so obvious, except in cartoon caricatures, but they still occur and anti-Muslim bias is more insidious. The terms Islamic or Muslim are linked to extremism, militant, jihads, as if they belonged together inextricably and naturally (Muslim extremist, Islamic terror, Islamic war, Muslim time bomb.)

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2true; antimuslim; bias; claims; crymeariver; media; mediabias; report; truthhurts; whiningmuslims
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1 posted on 11/14/2005 5:39:27 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Start with Beslan. Then go to innumerable bombings in Israel, attacks in Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Phillipines, Sudan, Iraq, etc. etc. etc. . . . and don't forget about 911.

Then wonder why Islam is not held in high esteem??


2 posted on 11/14/2005 5:42:03 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: blam

The Guardian must have their offices located inside an anti-gravity box in some alternative solar system.


3 posted on 11/14/2005 5:42:04 PM PST by zarf (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47!)
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To: blam

This perception would change if they'd stop blowing things up.


4 posted on 11/14/2005 5:43:00 PM PST by keithtoo (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - Founding Member)
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To: blam
Too many of those so called Main Stream Muslims don't complain all that loud when fellow Muslims are murdering innocent civilians.

If we were to see AQ, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad etc., widely denounced and protested against I could see them having a beef.....

But we all know that doesn't happen.
5 posted on 11/14/2005 5:43:13 PM PST by misterrob
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To: blam

Islam is a cult more dangerous to America than Nazism, Communism, and Fascism combined. Why would I want to see a bunch of 'nice, happy go lucky' jihadis on my tv?


6 posted on 11/14/2005 5:43:20 PM PST by Spruce (Keep your mitts off my wallet)
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To: blam
Hmmm. I guess it is unfair to characterize all of the terror in Europe, North Africa, Asia, India, the Middle East and Austrailia as being Muslim in origin.

It is also unfair to characterize Sharia law as being backward and violent.

It is unfair to look at the Hadith and say that Islamic law dehumanizes women.

Nope, it is all just the bias of the media.

7 posted on 11/14/2005 5:45:16 PM PST by Nachum
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Arabs don't have to be Muslim, itjust that most of them are. And we have learned that Islam is not TROP and apparently can't exist independently from being also the government. Islam has to reform or be reformed.


8 posted on 11/14/2005 5:47:49 PM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: blam

When it comes to terrorists, pc can kill.


9 posted on 11/14/2005 5:49:11 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: blam

One of the authors states that the image of Islam has been hijacked and it's time to take it back. I've heard scarcely a word from "moderate" Muslims condemning the actions of their brothers. Silence equals consent.


10 posted on 11/14/2005 5:50:59 PM PST by oneofmany (Don't Tread On Me)
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"The terms Islamic or Muslim are linked to extremism, militant, jihads, as if they belonged together inextricably and naturally (Muslim extremist, Islamic terror, Islamic war, Muslim time bomb.)"

Hey, I think we got a winner here.


11 posted on 11/14/2005 5:51:47 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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(not directed at you of course)

You see articles like this not all that infrequently these days. What it causes me to think is this. Get your own damned culture under control, and then start worrying about others.

Tens of thousands of lives later, and all these idiots can think of to take action on, is demanding sensitivity against a culture that has nurtered mass killings as if they were a popular new food franchise.

If you don't want us despising your culture, then knock it the hell off. The west has quite a bit more to be insensitive about than you do, and that's a fact!


12 posted on 11/14/2005 5:53:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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The only 2 ways in which Islam affects me are: (1) lots of terrorists claiming inspiration and guidance from Islam are trying to blow me up and have been killing lots of my fellow citizens and citizens of many other countries; (2) several countries dominated by Islam unfortunately dominate a lot of the world's petroleum and gas supplies, even though they did NOTHING whatsoever to develop the technologies and economies that make such energy supplies useful, i.e., a bunch of morons who happened to be born above extensive oil and gas supplies get to enjoy totally unearned economic and political influence solely because people in the USA and Europe developed many inventions that made those energy deposits valuable and exploitable.

Since there's nothing else of significance in Islam for me or most of my fellow citizens, how about we reach a simple truce: (1) stop inciting and enabling your people to blow us up, and (2) stop pretending that your oil wealth is anything but a blessing bestowed by the technical and industrial prowess of the west, without which you would all still be camel jockeys and bazaar traders.

Oh, and let's not leave out (3) it truly nauseates me to see you treat your women like slaves and worse, so why don't you all learn the rudiments of civilization and decency before you preach to us about how great Islam is......


13 posted on 11/14/2005 5:54:51 PM PST by Enchante (Joe Wilson: "I don't know anything about uranium, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night!")
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To: Nachum

Yep, now don't you feel sorry for thinking one group over any other is involved in this? LMAO Not this guy.


14 posted on 11/14/2005 5:55:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: blam

Not sure about the media, but I'm biased.


15 posted on 11/14/2005 5:57:43 PM PST by 359Henrie
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To: Spruce

I agree. Islam is totally non sensical, irrational and not even remotely connected to Western civilization.

Islam is just nuts unless you really like oppressive, inhuman, primitive, bass-ackwards, Fifth century, intolerant, cruel fascism.


16 posted on 11/14/2005 6:01:23 PM PST by garyhope (.)
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"In many cases, the press talks and writes about Muslims in ways that would not be acceptable if the reference were to Jewish, black or fundamentalist Christians."

Where have these people been, the stone ages? What a minute...

Obviously they don`t read any western media articles, or they would have never made a idiotic statement like this.


17 posted on 11/14/2005 6:14:49 PM PST by Peace will be here soon ((Liberal definition of looting: "Self-help Humanitarian Aid."))
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"In the past 30 years of thousands of TV show series, there have been less than 10 characters who have been Arab-Americans."

And here was my favorite of them all...


18 posted on 11/14/2005 6:15:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: blam

And whose fault is that?????


19 posted on 11/14/2005 6:16:25 PM PST by marty60
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Relax Islam, at least you have Al-Jazeera on your side, the media as a whole hates America so go cry somewhere else.


20 posted on 11/14/2005 6:17:59 PM PST by infidel29 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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