Thread: Typical FOX...

Typical FOX...


The area around the Pentagon got pretty snarled up today as the authorities took a young man into custody for suspicious activities in Arlington. Here are screenshots of the major news outlet websites.

At ABC, it is a hyperlink without picture among a list of hyperlinks below the main story:

CBS has a picture of the man on the front page and notes that he is a marine reservist.

WAPO has the headline "Security scare snarls Pentagon area":

CNN had nothing on it at all.

MSNBC had it as a hyperlink:

But FOX? Ahhh, FOX...

"Yonathan Melaku, a Muslim lance corporal in Marine Corps Reserve, named suspect in security incident"

Notice that FOX went out of its way to make sure to mention that the young man is a muslim. It is the only news outlet to do this. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... gee, wonder what audience they are playing to....

Fear!!!!!!!!!

They're playing to my in-laws.

I remember them being incredulous that I didn't have a clue what the "new black panther party" was.

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A little confused. In the CBS link it states "al Qaeda and Taliban" in the caption under the photo. What is Fox being singled out for exactly....??

Is there a difference between "al Qaeda" & "Taliban" and "Muslim"?

Originally Posted by Towski

Is there a difference between "al Qaeda" & "Taliban" and "Muslim"?

Yeah got your point now. Read all through both the ABC and the CBS stories. Both noted that he had the pro-al Qaeda and Taliban writings but neither ever mentioned that he was Muslim.

So do you think being Muslim was assumed/implied? Or would his religion in this case be be totally irrelevant to the story...?

I think it's relevant, certainly. But I think the point of the FOX headline is to put Muslim right there in big bold letters.

Originally Posted by pragmatic

Yeah got your point now. Read all through both the ABC and the CBS stories. Both noted that he had the pro-al Qaeda and Taliban writings but neither ever mentioned that he was Muslim.

So do you think being Muslim was assumed/implied? Or would his religion in this case be be totally irrelevant to the story...?

If a nut job blew up an abortion clinic, I think it would be relevant to the story to note he was a member of the Army of God and a radical Christian.

I'm all for being sensitive to issues such a acknowledging that there good people and bad people in all religions, but there's also a point where people are too sensitive or politically correct. It should be no secret that Jihadists are raging a religious war on the West and, therefore, their religion is pertinent to the story.

Marine reservist detained near Pentagon; materials in pack non-explosive -

Originally Posted by Divine Wind

If a nut job blew up an abortion clinic, I think it would be relevant to the story to note he was a member of the Army of God and a radical Christian.

I'm all for being sensitive to issues such a acknowledging that there good people and bad people in all religions, but there's also a point where people are too sensitive or politically correct. It should be no secret that Jihadists are raging a religious war on the West and, therefore, their religion is pertinent to the story.

Marine reservist detained near Pentagon; materials in pack non-explosive -

Doesn't the allusion to Al Qaeda or the Taliban imply that he is a muslim? Why the need to specify that over the other two?

Originally Posted by Towski

Doesn't the allusion to Al Qaeda or the Taliban imply that he is a muslim? Why the need to specify that over the other two?

Does being a right-winger imply being a Republican? Yes, but that assumption would be wrong as a handful of members on this forum can attest. It's best to be clear, concise and to the point. If he is a practicing Muslim who has attended meetings with a radical Imam, that should be noted, not implied.