Another reason why the mainstream news media drives me nuts
Apparently NBC is planning what Michelle Malkin describes as a sting operation to plant some obviously Muslim-looking men at a NASCAR race and then record whether they are treated badly there.
Of course, if there is one yahoo out of 20,000 fans who makes a nasty remark, then whoo hoo, NBC has evidence of rampant discrimination against Muslims.
It reminds of coverage I saw after I attended a prolife march in Ottawa. Outside a church were a bunch of screaming, chanting pro-abortion types with Barbie dolls crucified on coathangers and nasty slogans on their t-shirts. The prolife march left the church in a quiet procession, hundreds of people. Then, because someone from the pro-abortion crowd was screaming in his face, one person in the prolife crowd shouted back.
Who got on TV?
The one screamer out of the hundreds of silent, dignified, praying people. For balance the reporter chose another screamer from the pro-abortion side. Nothing on the piece showed the contrast between the pro-abortion crowd who were acting like barbarians and the mostly quiet prolife procession.
The other thing that drives me crazy is the story selection. Doesn't NBC have more important things to cover? If they were successful in finding someone to make some kind of remark, then what? America's a bad place because there are a few jerks who are rude to people who look different? Where's the perspective?
More churches have burned in America than mosques since 9-11. Has even one mosque been burned down? I think Americans have been amazingly generous and kindly disposed towards Muslims and continue to be so. American soldiers are shedding blood to help Muslims establish a democratic government in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Of course, if there is one yahoo out of 20,000 fans who makes a nasty remark, then whoo hoo, NBC has evidence of rampant discrimination against Muslims.
It reminds of coverage I saw after I attended a prolife march in Ottawa. Outside a church were a bunch of screaming, chanting pro-abortion types with Barbie dolls crucified on coathangers and nasty slogans on their t-shirts. The prolife march left the church in a quiet procession, hundreds of people. Then, because someone from the pro-abortion crowd was screaming in his face, one person in the prolife crowd shouted back.
Who got on TV?
The one screamer out of the hundreds of silent, dignified, praying people. For balance the reporter chose another screamer from the pro-abortion side. Nothing on the piece showed the contrast between the pro-abortion crowd who were acting like barbarians and the mostly quiet prolife procession.
The other thing that drives me crazy is the story selection. Doesn't NBC have more important things to cover? If they were successful in finding someone to make some kind of remark, then what? America's a bad place because there are a few jerks who are rude to people who look different? Where's the perspective?
More churches have burned in America than mosques since 9-11. Has even one mosque been burned down? I think Americans have been amazingly generous and kindly disposed towards Muslims and continue to be so. American soldiers are shedding blood to help Muslims establish a democratic government in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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