Is he just "Muhammad" or "John Allen Muhammad"?
I am sure by now you have heard about "John Allen Muhammad" the sniper. You might have just heard "Muhammad" as it serve the US media's agenda better. Today, He was found guilty by a Virginia court. The following is how the court decision was reflected in the US media:
"Muhammad Is Found Guilty in Sniper Case" NY Times
"Muhammad guilty of murder in sniper slaying" CNN
"Muhammad found guilty of murder" CNBC
"Muhammad Found Guilty of All Charges" Washington post
"Muhammad convicted of capital murder in sniper trial" USA Today
"Muhammad Is Found Guilty in Sniper Case" NY Times
"Muhammad Guilty Of Murder" CBS News
"Sniper Suspect Muhammad Guilty of Murder" ABC News
"Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Muhammad Trial" FOX News
So where is journalistic integrity here? He was not born and raised as a
Muslim. He is an ex-soldier with all the violent nonsense drilled into his sadistic mind. He is in fact the product of the US army. How conveniently they miss mentioning his first name in the headline. His first name- John Allen- is missing on all these headlines! At first glance, an American might think, Oh, prophet Muhammad has returned from his 1400-year grave and was trying to kill the great nation of America.
Is this all just a coincident? No headline calls him "ex-soldier" or even by his complete name: "John Allen Muhammad".
My position about this is not a religious position, so I am not upset because the name Muhammad is under attack. What is upsetting is to see how the American public is being fed by whatever crap the US media decides to feed them with.
US media is sure smartly deceiving the people in the US, but it is not smart enough to understand that the world is not only the US and world people are not only the American people and there are many smart people (like my friend Ahmad who brought this to my attention) in the world who can see this coordinated dirty journalism in the US, and that not only does not help American image, but it further damages it in the eyes of world people and this might even result in more hatred towards the Americans. Americans should realize their first and most dangerous enemy is the US media.
"Muhammad Is Found Guilty in Sniper Case" NY Times
"Muhammad guilty of murder in sniper slaying" CNN
"Muhammad found guilty of murder" CNBC
"Muhammad Found Guilty of All Charges" Washington post
"Muhammad convicted of capital murder in sniper trial" USA Today
"Muhammad Is Found Guilty in Sniper Case" NY Times
"Muhammad Guilty Of Murder" CBS News
"Sniper Suspect Muhammad Guilty of Murder" ABC News
"Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Muhammad Trial" FOX News
So where is journalistic integrity here? He was not born and raised as a
Muslim. He is an ex-soldier with all the violent nonsense drilled into his sadistic mind. He is in fact the product of the US army. How conveniently they miss mentioning his first name in the headline. His first name- John Allen- is missing on all these headlines! At first glance, an American might think, Oh, prophet Muhammad has returned from his 1400-year grave and was trying to kill the great nation of America.
Is this all just a coincident? No headline calls him "ex-soldier" or even by his complete name: "John Allen Muhammad".
My position about this is not a religious position, so I am not upset because the name Muhammad is under attack. What is upsetting is to see how the American public is being fed by whatever crap the US media decides to feed them with.
US media is sure smartly deceiving the people in the US, but it is not smart enough to understand that the world is not only the US and world people are not only the American people and there are many smart people (like my friend Ahmad who brought this to my attention) in the world who can see this coordinated dirty journalism in the US, and that not only does not help American image, but it further damages it in the eyes of world people and this might even result in more hatred towards the Americans. Americans should realize their first and most dangerous enemy is the US media.
posted by Faramin | 12:02 a.m.
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