to try to prove bias by showing that newspapers are not doing as the daily mail does....
::snicker::: you do realize that that's a tabloid with a tradition of a topless model on page 3 that you are holding up as a model of journalism, right? But oh sorry, naturally it's the religion that's the important factor, not the 90% unemployment rate in Chechnya or the lack of local autonomy or the flagrant corruption.... Let's put it this way -- my mind is open to the idea that I may be wrong. Is yours? On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't care about Islam one way or another, it's just another > religion. But CNN is shamelessly avoiding any mention of a significant > and relevant element of the story. > > Let's examine a few other stories covering the topic and see if CNN is > the only one that has self-censored the words "muslim" and "islamist" > out of a story about a horrible act of violence that was more than > likely perpetrated by Islamist suicide bombers. > > Meanwhile, among the press that isn't cowed into terror by threats > from Islamist groups and/or political correctness (funny, isn't that > how terrorism works?): > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032900099_pf.html > -------- > "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 > people on packed Moscow metro trains on Monday, stirring fears of a > broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North > Caucasus." > -------- > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1261502/Female-suicide-bombers-Moscow-kill-30-attacks-tube-trains.html > -------- > The two bombs are the worst attack on the Russian capital for six > years and no group has yet claimed responsibility. > > But suspicion has fallen on Muslim militants from the North Caucasus, > where the Kremlin is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency spreading > from Chechnya to neighbouring Dagestan and Ingushetia. > --------------- > > even the Islamist-worshipping BBC has an oblique reference to > Islamists, although making no reference to who might have: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8592190.stm > -------- > Despite this, the mainly Muslim republic continues to be plagued by > violence, and over the past two years Islamist militants have stepped > up attacks in neighbouring Ingushetia and Dagestan. > -------- > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm not the one showing his bigoted colors by posting complete bullshit that >> I was told to think by some conservative pundit...idiot >> >> Do you goosestep as well? >> >> Eric >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
