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Old 07-20-2007, 06:36 PM   #25
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Depends what media. I know there's a tendency in Britain for the newspaper press in particular to focus an undue amount of attention on stories relating to Islamic extremism. Often this is done with caveats stating that most moslems do not agree with the extremists. But, even with the caveats, the focus is such that it distorts the picture of Islam in Britain.
Well duh, most muslims are not news. They cover the dangerous ones because they are the ones people are concerned with. Joe Muslim with the wife and two kids, that goes to work everyday and mows his lawn regularly is not news.
However Joe Jihad, that's bitching about the infidels and is trying to round up some buddies, with the means to kill people in the name of Allah, certainly is.

Discussing Joe Jihad, as a muslim extremist, for a long time, and because the Joe muslim is not discussed at all, after a while the "extremist" gets dropped as a matter of convenience. Then Joe Muslim gets all pissed off when it's not about him at all.
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