Teenager arrested in suicide hijacking plot

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crayon said:
Overpowering a whole airplane full of people with handcuffs, duct tape, and a rope?
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Actually, the article said it may even be yarn! I hope it's acrylic because it doesn't stretch too much and tends to last longer... natural fibers stretch more and may be weaker - wouldn't want the hostages loosening their bonds or anything! (sorry, I knit so I just couldn't resist giving a short lesson).

Obviously, this kid isn't too bright!

PS Billy Ray Cyrus has a daughter? Does he still have that giant mullet?
 
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Unfortunately, it is not news because nothing is done about it. So they admitted and then it happens again and again.

I think if he was they would mention it. So you don’t feel at all that Western media covers issues that has to do with a Muslim committing violence (whether you agree with the act or not) more than other news?

Lets take the Palestinian Dimona bombing and its coverage and then the coverage of Palestinians dying every day, which is focused on more?
 
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Unfortunately, it is not news because nothing is done about it. So they admitted and then it happens again and again.

I think if he was they would mention it. So you don’t feel at all that Western media covers issues that has to do with a Muslim committing violence (whether you agree with the act or not) more than other news?

Lets take the Palestinian Dimona bombing and its coverage and then the coverage of Palestinians dying every day, which is focused on more?
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As I said, it is undeniable that all news and information is biased in one way or another. It is apparent that US media does cover supposed "terrorist" activity with a harsher and more condemning tone than it does other violent or malicious activity. My point is simply that there are more news outlets than just american ones... BBC is a good example, al-jazzera, I happen to like the drudge report, even though it is rather conservative in nature. It offers many different news sites, including myway, abc, bbc, cnn, and so on.

Do you not feel as though Arab media does the same, and chinese and russian and iranian? All information is essentially the view point of an individual or a collection of individuals, that viewpoint is derived from what we percieve as "fact", any variation of the "fact" is then an "opinion". Fact is Muslims commit crimes, fact is Muslims are on the international stage, fact is they are on that stage because of a group of radicals who claim the Muslim religion to be their "guiding light" if you will, thus making anyone who practices this religion a suspect to those who are ignorant of it. Bottom line, portray yourself and your religion with respect and dignity, and make your attempt to derail the media perception.
 
People have to remember that, above all, the media is a business. The media is supported by advertisers and people with lots of money so of course it will be biased. The media will change coverage (i.e. zero-in on certain issues) simply to attract more business or to please their main demographic. It wouldn't survive if it wasn't as everyone has an opinion and an agenda and people will not support outlets that do not agree with them. It's sad but true.

So whatever country you may be in, it's best to not believe that everything is 100% truthful - there are often not 2 but 3 sides to every story (if not more!!).

PS if anyoen has any news sources that they like to refer to in order to get varying opinions, I would very much like you to share them. I currently go to the CBC (canadian network) news site as well as BBC, Associated Press and Al-Jazeera.
 
MaiCarInMtl said:
People have to remember that, above all, the media is a business. The media is supported by advertisers and people with lots of money so of course it will be biased. The media will change coverage (i.e. zero-in on certain issues) simply to attract more business or to please their main demographic. It wouldn't survive if it wasn't as everyone has an opinion and an agenda and people will not support outlets that do not agree with them. It's sad but true.

So whatever country you may be in, it's best to not believe that everything is 100% truthful - there are often not 2 but 3 sides to every story (if not more!!).

PS if anyoen has any news sources that they like to refer to in order to get varying opinions, I would very much like you to share them. I currently go to the CBC (canadian network) news site as well as BBC, Associated Press and Al-Jazeera.
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the drudge report quotes from many different sites, I like it, there is also a huge list of other sites like it on there

What you said though is my point, not that any side is a lie or incorrect, just that it is viewed differently from that side, ultimately the end user (the readers) are also bias and that will determine where we go for our news. My objective is to get the news from many different sources and use what I get from each viewpoint to form my own opinion.
 
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Bro MTAFFI, I agree and we should not only try to change the bad perception of Muslims by acting according to what Islam has taught us but also when we see wrong done whether by Western media or Arab media, etc. we should point it out.
 
Moon*Light said:
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Bro MTAFFI, I agree and we should not only try to change the bad perception of Muslims by acting according to what Islam has taught us but also when we see wrong done whether by Western media or Arab media, etc. we should point it out.
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agreed! :)

isnt dialogue great? :thumbs_up
 

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