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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:32:14 AM
Horror spread quickly across America as the story unfolded: An Army
psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas, killing 13 and
wounding 30. But as more information emerged, clearly pointing to an act of
terrorism, many in the "news" media simply chose not to report news.
By late afternoon, it emerged that the shooter's name was Maj. Nidal Malik
Hasan. But that night, CBS and NBC completely avoided mentioning that the
shooter was a Muslim. ABC's Charles Gibson suggested he was a "Muslim convert,"
which wasn't right, but at least he wasn't playing hide-and-seek with the facts.
ABC reporter Martha Raddatz spoke for the media in choosing this tidbit: "As for
the suspect, Nidal Hasan, as one officer's wife told me, 'I wish his name was
Smith.'"
(The above is part of a column written by Brent Bozell. More of the column is below.)
The coverage grew more factual the next morning, with all the networks noting
Hasan was Muslim, and that he shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is great) as he opened
fire. ABC's Diane Sawyer, though, repeated Raddatz: "We heard Martha Raddatz say
last night that the wife of a soldier said, 'I wish his name had been Smith,' so
no one would have a reflexive question about that."
A reflexive question, as in "If a Muslim extremist attacks an Army base
shouting 'Allahu akbar!' while spraying semi-automatic fire, killing and
wounding dozens, is it terrorism?" Ms. Sawyer had nothing to worry about.
THEME: Let's not be too quick to judge these Muslims. After all, we
have our Christian nut cases, too.
A Boston Globe op-ed by Harvard professor Harvey Cox: "If some seem ready to
die for faith, others are ready to kill for it, gunning down abortion doctors in
church, hijacking planes, and exploding bombs at weddings." On CBS, Bob
Schieffer energetically sought full moral equivalence: "And you know Islam
doesn't have a majority -- or the Christian religion has its full, you know,
full helping of nuts, too."
(Every pro lifer and Christian quickly condemned the killing of the abortion doctor. Also to say every faith has their nut cases. I don't see people of other faiths besides Islam sending people to do killings like happen here in America on 9-11. Read more of the above column Fort Hood
Horror.)
