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I'm guessing that this story didn't make big headlines for the following reasons:
1. People are shot and killed every single day for a wide variety of reasons. What makes this case so special? Is it because he's Muslim and possibly did it for religious purposes? This isn't a big terrorist plot. It was one man shooting two men (one wounded, the other dead). Not only that, but this was in a mostly rural state. It seems to me that if it was a big terrorist plot they would have targeted something far bigger than two men outside of a recruitment station in Little Rock, Arkansas.
2. As it stated in the article, there is no indication that he did anything other than act alone in this. The FBI is involved and I'm sure if there is a bigger plot at work here it will get headlines.
3. Not everyone is on a crusade to demonize Islam, least of all the media. We are in a War on Terror, but this was one guy most likely acting alone. I'm sure that this would get bigger headlines if it warranted bigger headlines. Don't get me wrong, I hope this guy gets punished to the fullest extent of the law and I feel horrible for the man who died and his family. However, I still don't think that it warrants big headlines.
1. People are shot and killed every single day for a wide variety of reasons. What makes this case so special? Is it because he's Muslim and possibly did it for religious purposes? This isn't a big terrorist plot. It was one man shooting two men (one wounded, the other dead). Not only that, but this was in a mostly rural state. It seems to me that if it was a big terrorist plot they would have targeted something far bigger than two men outside of a recruitment station in Little Rock, Arkansas.
2. As it stated in the article, there is no indication that he did anything other than act alone in this. The FBI is involved and I'm sure if there is a bigger plot at work here it will get headlines.
3. Not everyone is on a crusade to demonize Islam, least of all the media. We are in a War on Terror, but this was one guy most likely acting alone. I'm sure that this would get bigger headlines if it warranted bigger headlines. Don't get me wrong, I hope this guy gets punished to the fullest extent of the law and I feel horrible for the man who died and his family. However, I still don't think that it warrants big headlines.