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John Ruberry at Marathon Pundit skewers media dhimmitude in connection with this case:
Profile-aphobia--an irrational fear, usually possessed by the mainstream media, of being labeled a bigot. Best exemplified by this April 10 AP headline in the San Diego Union-Tribune, U.S. citizen gets five years in drugs-for-missiles plot. This phobia is especially commonplace in news stories about Muslims who've been charged with terrorism related crimes. All criminologists agree that US citizens commit most of the crimes in the United States, and they are puzzled when mainstream reporters feel compelled to overemphasize the American citizenship of a US Muslim accused in a terror plot. Symptoms among mainstream media reporters become more severe when a Muslim is convicted of such crimes.
Posted by Robert at April 11, 2006 9:18 AM
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Just an oversight?
Posted by: JanuaryMan![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 11, 2006 10:11 AM
This is euphemism in action. I think anyone who bothers to read the article will understand they are Muslims, and sympathizers with "terrorism". That they are citizens might awaken a little doubt about our current immigration policies. And YES, I have questioned the orthodoxy of banning all Muslim immigration in these hallowed forums, but it was Shaitan's advocacy, not the real thing.
Posted by: Quijybo at April 11, 2006 12:30 PM
I don't know if it's profile-aphobia, or selective profiling: If the aforementioned "US citizen" had been a NASCAR fan, I'm sure Dateline NBC, for one, would've been all over it.
Posted by: Shinoliite at April 11, 2006 6:33 PM
I don't like termites in my house.
I am a termite bigot.
I don't like pedophiles in my neighborhood.
I am a pedophile bigot.
I don't like jihadists on this Earth.
I am a jihadist bigot.
Bigot deal.
All I can say is: sue me, you termite-behaving, pedophile-loving, jihadist terrorist scum.
Posted by: profitsbeard at April 12, 2006 3:02 AM
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