Violent and backwards

What little we have been told is pure Anti-Muslims propaganda. Nothing good is ever said by the West about the Muslims, I never heard anything good in school about the Muslims. I think the only good thing I ever heard about the Muslims was that they said, "Well, we did get our numerical system from them."

Results suggest that Muslims are often portrayed in western news media as violent, backwards, fundamentalist and as threats to western civilisation. Western news coverage rarely highlights Islam except to show its possible relation to some atrocity, and Muslims are rarely mentioned in the context of news that is positive or benign.

Other studies show inconsistent coverage of violent global and regional conflicts. When Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims are killed by Muslims, Islam is identified as playing a direct role. When Muslims are killed by Jews, Christians and other non-Muslims, however, the religious identity of the violent perpetrators is downplayed or ignored.

Ted Rudow III, MA