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Originally Posted by shinerbock
You continue to misread what I'm saying, apparently. I'm not saying we need an entire piece about his faith, I'm asking why news orgs are purposefully avoiding the subject matter. You're telling me its appropriate to delve into his past, including his presence during a massacre, yet we can't mention his religion? This thread is pretty stale now that the fact that he's muslim has come out, but it just baffles me why we go to such lengths to shield the public from facts.
I guarantee you if I was a Christian who has protested at abortion rallies or something, my faith would be on the front page when I shot up a mall.
I realize that Muslims are under a special threat in this country, but it isn't the role of the media to protect an entire religion. You act as though its unethical to examine the life of someone who killed 5 people. Whether it is or isn't, the clear precedent in journalism is to do so.
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I don't really care about mentioning the religion, but because he's Muslim some news channels make that into a bigger deal than anything else. Examining his life is good, making the religion the end all be all isn't.
And if you were Christian protesting an abortion clinic, you'd be doing it
because of your faith. If this were (or turns out to be) a religiously motivated crime, I'd agree.
I don't really disagree with you, I'm just more tentative about it because of how the media abuses information.