the media ignores a large part of the world

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article627268.ece

Anti-war march in San Francisco, 2003—see Bob Catterall’s ‘Is It All Coming Together?’, pp. 271–276, in this issue.
Photo: Gloria Frym.

You see what the media wants you to see!

Adbusters.

https://www.adbusters.org/Adbusters

Great source we stumbled upon.

In the face of Islamophobia – Source: Al Jazeera

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Religious freedom and tolerance are core American values [Glen E Friedman

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/08/201082611101212268.html

Muslim Cab Driver STABBED In New York City, Michael Enright Arrested On Hate Crime Charge

Michael Enright pic: NYTimes

Ahmed H.Sharif, a taxi driver in NYC- NY Times

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/25/cab-driver-attacked-stabbed-new-york-muslim_n_694091.html

Hate crimes are on a rise in the US.

Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement: “As other American minorities have experienced, hate speech often leads to hate crimes. Sadly, we’ve seen how the deliberate public vilification of Islam can lead some individuals to violence against innocent people.”- NY Times

There have been constant media reports about Obama’s ethnicity. Obama has been quoted saying ” I Can’t Always Have My Birth Certificate Plastered On My Forehead” But the REAL question is, what if he is a Muslim? how does it matter? Does it make him less of a president?what does it change?

Media alters the way people think

Jon Cohen & Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post, Hindustan Times
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Washington, August 20, 2010

“Among those who say Obama is a Muslim, 60 per cent say they learned about his religion from the media, suggesting that their opinions are fueled by misinformation.”

more info: http://mediamatters.org/research/201008190061