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Akbar Ahmed on Juan Williams, Juan Cole on sanity

October 21st · No Comments · Islam, Juan Cole, Muslim, news media

Juan Williams off NPR, Akbar Ahmed on Juan Williams, and Juan Cole making sense: “Next Williams will be announcing that he sympathizes with the white police officers who get nervous when they see people dressed like African-Americans traveling in automobiles.”

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Quran Burning Story: How Media Embarrass Themselves

September 10th · No Comments · Islam, Muslim, news media, Newspapers

As Jason Linkins is latest to confirm, this is a media story as much as anything: Anatomy of an Epic Media Failure

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Times: Mayor’s Stance on Muslim Center Has Deep Roots

August 13th · 1 Comment · 9/11, Islam, Muslim, news media, The New York Times

This piece limped to the finish. As if the editors feared catching flak too. But what a shame The New York Times wasn’t shedding this kind of light when Judith Miller and Ahmad Chalabi were cheerleading us into our disastrous invasion of a certain sovereign country that had no weapons of mass destruction, but does […]

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