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August 18, 2006
US: Muslims Blame "Media Coverage" for Image Problems
It is not the terrorism, it is not the desire for conquest, it is not the unbending intolerance... it is the Media! Panel: Media coverage creating 'Islamic-phobia'
NDIANAPOLIS - Media portrayals of Muslims often contain so much bias that they've helped fuel an "Islamic-phobia," experts said Thursday during a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists' national convention."We're given the most extreme manifestations and there is no balance," Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of American media coverage. "It shouldn't be 95 percent negative and 5 percent positive. It shouldn't be just about Ramadan. It needs to be more than that."
The panel, which also included a newspaper columnist, university administrator and community activist, showcased the diversity of the nation's Muslim community.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 18, 2006 12:28 PM
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