Comments on: American idiots http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: wally greeninker http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1768 wally greeninker Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:01:18 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1768 complaints about the name of god being subjected to indignities should be addressed to those who chose to run it up a flagpole. complaints about the name of god being subjected to indignities should be addressed to those who chose to run it up a flagpole.

]]> By: Kashmiri Nomad http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1767 Kashmiri Nomad Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:28:02 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1767 Was this just another unintended mistake or something more sinister devised to provoke a reaction ? Either way I am sure there will be many in the west who use the Afghan reaction to prove the barbaric nature of Muslims and Islam. Was this just another unintended mistake or something more sinister devised to provoke a reaction ?

Either way I am sure there will be many in the west who use the Afghan reaction to prove the barbaric nature of Muslims and Islam.

]]> By: Yunus Yakoub Islam http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1766 Yunus Yakoub Islam Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:48:03 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/26/american_idiots#comment-1766 In terms of media representation and selection, the BBC story is typically framed in terms of over-reaction (blasphemous is placed inside inverted commas and the emphasis is placed on Muslims alone being offended) and Muslim crowds (photo, news focus is on "demonstration"), two common themes of reporting Muslim issues. Interestingly, there is a great deal of emphasis on US good intent, perhaps an attempt to distract from Amnesty International's concerns over US military dropping something a little more deadly that footballs on Afghan villages. In terms of media representation and selection, the BBC story is typically framed in terms of over-reaction (blasphemous is placed inside inverted commas and the emphasis is placed on Muslims alone being offended) and Muslim crowds (photo, news focus is on “demonstration”), two common themes of reporting Muslim issues. Interestingly, there is a great deal of emphasis on US good intent, perhaps an attempt to distract from Amnesty International’s concerns over US military dropping something a little more deadly that footballs on Afghan villages.

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