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Media Yawn At Calif. College Stabbing Spree By Freshman

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[h=1]Media Yawn At Calif. College Stabbing Spree By Freshman Mohammad

Bias: Something terrible happened on a U.S. college campus that's escaped national media coverage, likely because it wasn't a mass shooting and the suspect wasn't a disturbed white kid, but Faisal Mohammad.
[/h]The weapon was a hunting knife, so it didn't help advance the mainstream media's anti-gun agenda. But news of the attack, completely blacked out by major media, was no less terrifying than recent campus shootings.
The concern should not only be the stabbing but also the slack of coverage by the media. Is this self-censorship or is there political pressure being applied?

 
your upset because the media isn't racist enough?
 
[h=1]Media Yawn At Calif. College Stabbing Spree By Freshman Mohammad

The concern should not only be the stabbing but also the slack of coverage by the media. Is this self-censorship or is there political pressure being applied?



Four wounded in stabbing rampage at California college
4 Stabbed, Attacker Killed at California University - ABC News
Five stabbed on California college campus | Reuters.com

And I find stories on every other major news outlet. So much for that yawn...
 
The ISIS call doesn't motivate jihadi-styled attacks here anymore than BLM motivates blacks to shoot cops.
 
Do you think the fact that it wasn't a larger, gun-related mass shooting somehow benefits a pro-gun argument?
If it was a shoot out It would have likely received far more publicity. Do you agree?
 
Two of them are the same story but none named the perpetrator. In fact similar stabbing attacks are happening in Israel now and in many other parts of the world.

Do you feel it important that the name of the man, and his religion, not be mentioned? Is this another example of 'workplace violence' or could there be more to the story? The Shrinking Horizon :: SteynOnline
 
The ISIS call doesn't motivate jihadi-styled attacks here anymore than BLM motivates blacks to shoot cops.

If I read this right, you are saying that the Black Lives Matters chants for dead cops didn't motivate anyone to do so.

While this is good news, I don't think that the news coverage of cop shootings over the last few months clearly came out and stated such as a fact, at least not the ones that I've watched / read. If you've got one to share, I'd welcome it.
 
Racist? Did you see anything in the story pertaining to race?

yeah your saying all brown people with foreign sounding names are in alqueda, are you sure this guy is even muslim?
 
Two of them are the same story but none named the perpetrator. In fact similar stabbing attacks are happening in Israel now and in many other parts of the world.

Do you feel it important that the name of the man, and his religion, not be mentioned? Is this another example of 'workplace violence' or could there be more to the story? The Shrinking Horizon :: SteynOnline

The news reports on the TV that I've watched have stated his name, but not his religion, at least that I recall. 'Course with his name being what it is, you kinda figure that part out on your own.

But then, you never hear about the Democrat / Liberal / Progressives mass shooters either. :shrug: Dunno.
 
Two of them are the same story but none named the perpetrator. In fact similar stabbing attacks are happening in Israel now and in many other parts of the world.

Do you feel it important that the name of the man, and his religion, not be mentioned? Is this another example of 'workplace violence' or could there be more to the story? The Shrinking Horizon :: SteynOnline

Yahoo News, Daily Mail, NBC News, LA Times, are not considered to be adequate media coverage?

The news reports on the TV that I've watched have stated his name, but not his religion, at least that I recall. 'Course with his name being what it is, you kinda figure that part out on your own.

But then, you never hear about the Democrat / Liberal / Progressives mass shooters either. :shrug: Dunno.

Mass shooters are noted in the news.
 
Two of them are the same story but none named the perpetrator. In fact similar stabbing attacks are happening in Israel now and in many other parts of the world.

Do you feel it important that the name of the man, and his religion, not be mentioned? Is this another example of 'workplace violence' or could there be more to the story? The Shrinking Horizon :: SteynOnline

The name is not in those stories because those stories where from before the name was released. So much for the media yawning...
 
If I read this right, you are saying that the Black Lives Matters chants for dead cops didn't motivate anyone to do so.

While this is good news, I don't think that the news coverage of cop shootings over the last few months clearly came out and stated such as a fact, at least not the ones that I've watched / read. If you've got one to share, I'd welcome it.

He didn't use a large knife and attempt to behead people while praying to Allah just because ISIS called for holy war. And blacks aren't shooting cops in the US just because BLM has commanded them to do so. Sending forth angry blades and projectiles targeting specific people doesn't necessary mean that the people commanding others to do so are responsible. Was Hitler for example responsible for the death of the Jews?
 
The concern should not only be the stabbing but also the slack of coverage by the media. Is this self-censorship or is there political pressure being applied?

Probably neither. If anything, what we do not have just yet is a strong enough ban the knives political movement.
 
The news reports on the TV that I've watched have stated his name, but not his religion, at least that I recall. 'Course with his name being what it is, you kinda figure that part out on your own.

But then, you never hear about the Democrat / Liberal / Progressives mass shooters either. :shrug: Dunno.

do you normally list a murderers religion?
 
He didn't use a large knife and attempt to behead people while praying to Allah just because ISIS called for holy war. And blacks aren't shooting cops in the US just because BLM has commanded them to do so. Sending forth angry blades and projectiles targeting specific people doesn't necessary mean that the people commanding others to do so are responsible. Was Hitler for example responsible for the death of the Jews?

How come you didn't mention the walmart bombing attempt?
 
do you normally list a murderers religion?

Virtually all murders in the United States are committed by Christians, so I expect not.
 
How come you didn't mention the walmart bombing attempt?

Well possibly because there is no organization, no concerted effort, no call, for flag wavers or sons of the confederacy to bomb Walmarts (?)

Have I been misinformed, did I overlook something?
 
Well possibly because there is no organization, no concerted effort, no call, for flag wavers or sons of the confederacy to bomb Walmarts (?)

Have I been misinformed, did I overlook something?

There has been plenty of call for violence from right-wingers. How long have we been hearing about second amendment remedies?
 
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