Muslims<\/a>.
<\/p>\n\n\n\nDespite the fact that this happened over a month ago, these racist tropes about practitioners of Islam is an ongoing issue that has been prevalent since the terrorist attacks on 9\/11. The media has had a problem with focusing on sensationalizing news stories, and in particular, the media has sensationalized radical Islamic terrorism.
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Dr. Ginger Loggins, a professor of journalism at Fort Hays State University, weighed in on the phenomenon. For her, it is a big issue with how the media talks about terrorism.
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\u201cHate attacks like this, or attacks like bombing of an abortion clinic in Alabama, or the church shooting in South Carolina are often attributed to individuals who are working alone and they are usually not declared terrorist attacks,\u201d Loggins said. \u201cSo the word terrorist is essentially something that a brown person does and not something that a white person does.\u201d
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Another issue is with how the media reports on the religion of Islam itself.
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\u201cThere is an issue of everyone who follows Mohammed being the same and not recognizing the differences within the Muslim faith as they do within the Christian faith,\u201d she added.
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The media often portrays this grandiose class of civilizations with Muslims being one monolithic group that is hell-bent on destroying us. The way the media frames it is that Muslims are all the same and there are Islamic terrorists. Therefore, Muslims are terrorists according to the media\u2019s narrative. And easily the worst offenders are media outlets such as Fox News and Breitbart that are almost blatantly trying to sew division with this tactic.
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Elected officials are also guilty. During his campaign trail, President Trump promised to implement a ban on Muslims entering the United States and recently just took Representative Ilhan Omar\u2019s words about 9\/11 out of context to make her appear to be a un-American terrorist sympathizer.
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What can we do to curve the casual bigotry espoused against Muslims by both public officials and the media? Dr. Loggins concludes by saying reporters need to hold themselves accountable.
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\u201cI think reporters need to continue checking themselves and need to consider exactly what their language is,\u201d she said. \u201cThey need to be more aware of when they are using words that are imprecise and loaded terms.\u201d
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In short, the media needs to learn to make the distinction between individual actions and the groups that have nothing to do with the act.
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