The International Council for Press and Broadcasting is convinced that the honesty or dishonesty of media affects the mental health of the world. Freedom of expression is vital as a means of permitting all views to flourish peacefully. It is a cliché that the price of this freedom must be continual vigilance – in particular vigilance to identify and expose the encouragement of malice, war and the incident of hate speech and image.
Monday, July 25, 2011
"Clash of Civilisations" reports New York Times
The New York Times used strong, emotive language in the aftermath of the Norway massacre. "Clash of civilization", "cult of death", "terrorist attack". These expressions are normally reserved for Muslim terrorist attacks, and the paper ran with presumption that a Muslim terrorist group was responsible for the attack. But it was not. A right-wing fanatical blue eyed, blonde hair young man was responsible.
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