Why is the Western media doing this and who is behind it? I know the answer but I'm not allowed to say it. You just have to find out who controls the media. It is a very small people who are behind it. A people who have caused nothing but hatred in this world for thousands of years.
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Islamophobia in the Western media
- Thread starter Cordelro
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Well the first sentence is wrong because Muslims are not an ethnicity. Maybe the authors equate Muslims with Arabs?
Next, I find "islamophobia" to be a fundamentally dishonest term. If we take the basic, universal claims of Islam at face value, there is good reason to conclude that Islam is a collection of outdated and bad ideas. It is not "phobic" to make such a conclusion.
Next, if we look at the evidence around the world in Muslim majority countries, across many disparate regions of the world, we see that these countries tend to lag behind the first world in terms of human rights and freedoms.
Next, I find "islamophobia" to be a fundamentally dishonest term. If we take the basic, universal claims of Islam at face value, there is good reason to conclude that Islam is a collection of outdated and bad ideas. It is not "phobic" to make such a conclusion.
Next, if we look at the evidence around the world in Muslim majority countries, across many disparate regions of the world, we see that these countries tend to lag behind the first world in terms of human rights and freedoms.
This too
Muslims believe that they are one nation.
Christianity and Judaism also have universal claims, but these two religions are not attacked by the Western media in the same way as Islam.
There are Christian countries and also Hindu countries that are worse than Islamic countries and yet they are not attacked by the Western media in the same way as Islam.
And does muslim media denigrate and misrepresent the west?
Well, I get that you're trying to say Jews, but it's really Zionists, neocons, Western corporations and banks that benefit from the US brutalizing the Middle East, religious crackpots, etc.
Could be a lot to do with terrorism.
Yerda
Veteran Member
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media — 2 political scientists reviewed over 250,000 articles to find conclusive evidence
In examining media coverage of Muslims over a 21-year period, in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, scholars found that articles mentioning Muslims were far more negative than other faith groups.
theconversation.com
Probably more to do with chasing custom from people who are prejudiced against Muslims.
Because the west is generally anti-Muslim.
It isn't about any central control of media.
Just the general social condition.
The west's violence towards Muslims,
or vice versa. It's a chicken & egg thing.
Augustus
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In a timespan including things like 9/11, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, etc. based simply on how news journalism works, even if journalists were perfectly objective then there would be a disproportionate amount of negative coverage.
Obviously news outlets aren't objective, but the issue would exist regardless.
They are when they pursue political influence to a comparable extent to that of Muslims, and rightly so.
Name one.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It has everything to do with terrorism and even more.
The sheer brutality people do in the name of Islam. Hardly a way to make friends.
Yerda
Veteran Member
That's fair enough. If the disparity in reporting is down to news articles referring to Muslim organisations in terror reporting then I'd say this is expected. Conflict, especially attacks on civilians, will make the news more than whatever most people are getting upto on a day-to-day basis.
On these grounds, should we expect to find that news articles are more negative about Jews when Israel is killing lots of civilians?
50 years ago I'd have expected that an unusually high proportion of stories about homosexuals and homosexuality would have negative framing. Not becuase homosexuals were involved in conflict but because prejudice against homosexuals was common and people like to consume things that justify their prejudices.
I've seen enough articles/headlines, social media posts and real life bigotry that my expectation is that the disparity in reporting is coming from targetting audiences who enjoy media that portray Muslims negatively.
I think being critical of this source is reasonable.
Who however would you consider to be a neutral source on the subject matter?
Easy addition to the ignore list.
I would very much like some data on that. Having studied some history and lived through 1979 to the current day, I stand quite skeptical of your claim.