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[Audax]

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British man charged with inciting racial hatred in Brussels tweet - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/croydon-man-charged-inciting-hatred-brussels-tweet-250277668#sthash.hse0uSPV.dpuf

[Tom]

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British man charged with inciting racial hatred in Brussels tweet - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/croydon-man-charged-inciting-hatred-brussels-tweet-250277668#sthash.hse0uSPV.dpuf

This moron went on to rant about 'towelheads' on his company Facebook account - his unemployment will be amusing to all!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

No mention at all of the motive on the BBC website. No idea why some people think the BBC is right wing, they're so far to the left that they fall into the German authorities/English councils bracket of hiding information to "protect" minorities.

Try researching - MI-5 and political vetting at the BBC. Now who do you think was being pursued in this instance. Right wing journalists or left wing journalists ?

[Audax]

http://biasedbbc.org/

If one is talking about the BBC; I think they strive to be politically correct at times; the above linked website is just one perspective.

The above website is too much of a jungle but one can still distill info and make conclusions.

Read the banner as well.

[jim mk2]

No mention at all of the motive on the BBC website. No idea why some people think the BBC is right wing, they're so far to the left that they fall into the German authorities/English councils bracket of hiding information to "protect" minorities.

Probaby the daftest post I've read on here in many a year - well done.

[ultrablue]

No mention at all of the motive on the BBC website. No idea why some people think the BBC is right wing, they're so far to the left that they fall into the German authorities/English councils bracket of hiding information to "protect" minorities.

A shocking and despicable murder to be sure. Mr. Shah was clearly a good man and a great example to others. I hope justice will be done so the community can begin to heal.

No surprise the Mail is spinning again though. They state the murder was religiously motivated as fact in their headline, when the only evidence is that the police said 'racial prejudice' is a line of enquiry- quite different things no? At least the BBC is responsible enough to quote the police accurately and let them do their job first.

By the way, the story does provide ample evidence of a 'religiously motivated attack' of community spirit and love. Mr. Shah will clearly be missed.

[MCMC1875]

That's an absolute shocker, a Mosque leader. Will the Mosque in question remove him from his current position, ban him from the Mosque entirely or do nothing? I suspect I don't want to know.

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[perthblue02]

I would imagine a future conversation with this Lad and his mates would go something like this.

Him: Hey, do you fancy going on holiday/converting mission to ........ with me

Mate: Definitely not!

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/mormon-teen-who-survived-three-terror-attacks-speaks/ar-BBqWnvX?li=AAgfYrC&ocid=mailsignout

[JBiz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35901358

[MCMC1875]

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[ABBEY]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35901358

Evil murdering scum ..

[JBiz]

Evil murdering scum ..

Notice how the article has hardly any actual details about the victims or the way it happened?

Then notice how it's not "breaking news" on any sites!

From what I can gather off Twitter, this is from a youth football game. Absolutely disgusting, deplorable act- but not just the result of the Hadith.

Yemen, yesterday also.,

[ABBEY]

So what ?

Murder is murder Ffs and no matter what it's all wrong and your point scoring . Pathetic really .

[VinjayV4]

Notice how the article has hardly any actual details about the victims or the way it happened?

Then notice how it's not "breaking news" on any sites!

From what I can gather off Twitter, this is from a youth football game. Absolutely disgusting, deplorable act- but not just the result of the Hadith.

Yemen, yesterday also.,

I guess the Western media see it as just another day in Baghdad

Evil murdering scum ..

Yes I agree though I think your feelings are quite well known by now on this type of thing.

[JBiz]

So what ?

Murder is murder Ffs and no matter what it's all wrong and your point scoring . Pathetic really .

I'm not point scoring at all. It's highlighting why I hold a view, similar to vinjay on the way these events are portrayed in the media.

Murder is murder. No doubting that but it is the intent of the perpetrators to drive opinion a certain way - the mainstream press accentuates it.

[yoda]

This moron went on to rant about 'towelheads' on his company Facebook account - his unemployment will be amusing to all!

Looks like all charges dropped

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

I'm not point scoring at all. It's highlighting why I hold a view, similar to vinjay on the way these events are portrayed in the media.

Murder is murder. No doubting that but it is the intent of the perpetrators to drive opinion a certain way - the mainstream press accentuates it.

I agree with you there is a slant but I don't think there's a sinister agenda going on. Be it any subject, if it happens a lot then the media won't make a big deal every time it happens. If there had been daily/weekly terrorist attacks across Europe for a decade like there has in the middle east, I expect each one would be given few column inches.

The fact that Islamic terrorism looks set to engulf a new continent is going to be of greater interest than it continuing to engulf its place of origin. And the fact that the UK happens to be on that new continent is going to be of greater interest to the UK media.

I expect Iraqi newspapers didn't devote many column inches to the IRA attacks compared to their own domestic troubles. If the IRA then started carrying out attacks in Iraq, the interest in them would have shot up. Its just human nature.

[joey_big_nose]

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British man charged with inciting racial hatred in Brussels tweet - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/croydon-man-charged-inciting-hatred-brussels-tweet-250277668#sthash.hse0uSPV.dpuf

A totally stupid thing to do on his part (hilariously he works in PR) which is deficient in basic logic, but why on earth have the police charged him? How does wjat he wrote constitute an offence?

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

A totally stupid thing to do on his part (hilariously he works in PR) which is deficient in basic logic, but why on earth have the police charged him? How does wjat he wrote constitute an offence?

How does it differ to the Glasgow Mosque leader, who I assume hasn't been charged? Apart from it not being as bad!

[VinjayV4]

I agree with you there is a slant but I don't think there's a sinister agenda going on. Be it any subject, if it happens a lot then the media won't make a big deal every time it happens. If there had been daily/weekly terrorist attacks across Europe for a decade like there has in the middle east, I expect each one would be given few column inches.

The fact that Islamic terrorism looks set to engulf a new continent is going to be of greater interest than it continuing to engulf its place of origin. And the fact that the UK happens to be on that new continent is going to be of greater interest to the UK media.

I expect Iraqi newspapers didn't devote many column inches to the IRA attacks compared to their own domestic troubles. If the IRA then started carrying out attacks in Iraq, the interest in them would have shot up. Its just human nature.

Yeah I can certainly understand the media standpoint on it. People in this country are more bothered about Paris/Brussels so really the media are right to give it more focus. There's only so many resources (and a budget) even at corporations like News International.

Did acknowledge it felt slightly wrong (at least personally) to focus less on Lebanon but its just a tiny self questioning thought in the back of my mind. Its not like I'm going to start preaching about life in third world countries compared to our advantages though.

[joey_big_nose]

I agree with you there is a slant but I don't think there's a sinister agenda going on. Be it any subject, if it happens a lot then the media won't make a big deal every time it happens. If there had been daily/weekly terrorist attacks across Europe for a decade like there has in the middle east, I expect each one would be given few column inches.

The fact that Islamic terrorism looks set to engulf a new continent is going to be of greater interest than it continuing to engulf its place of origin. And the fact that the UK happens to be on that new continent is going to be of greater interest to the UK media.

I expect Iraqi newspapers didn't devote many column inches to the IRA attacks compared to their own domestic troubles. If the IRA then started carrying out attacks in Iraq, the interest in them would have shot up. Its just human nature.

All fairish points. Proximity, novelty (as in "newness") and regulatity are part of it. But also I think self identification is a part of it. There is a school massacre every few months in America but each is covered afresh in close detail. By your theory these would be diminished and get less coverage over time.

I think it comes down partly to us thinking of the west (North America, West Europe, Australasia) as being "like us". That said I am not sure how clear a role race plays in this. For example lots of white caucasian people live in Russia and South America who befall major atrocities (bombing from Chechnian seperatists, Pinochets massacres ) and they are covered by British news - in my opinion - as things that happen to "other people" (like Turkey or Syria) not as "people like us" which is far more characteristic of the Belgian, French and American stories.

I think the main thing is we psychologically group some countries as safe "like us" and others unsafe "unlike us" so when something happens in the first group it scares people to a greater degree and therefore generates more news.

I definitely want wealthy countries to identify more closely with developing countries as the basics are that most people are very similar to Western people - they want to have a decent life and raise their kids. They arent aliens amd monsters. That we care less about a bombing in Ankara than one in Brussels is morally challenging to me. However I don't know how that closer identification will be achieved when the cultural input we have from Turkey, Mexico, Egypt etc is dominated by horrific violent atrocities. That forces people to categorise these countries as "unlike us" for our own feelings of security.

[Tom]

Looks like all charges dropped

Hopefully the damage to his reputation has already been done!

[yoda]

Hopefully the damage to his reputation has already been done!

Very likely,

Lets hope the nut job Scottish preacher suffers the same fate,

ps I am not trying to be judge and jury

[Paul]

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British man charged with inciting racial hatred in Brussels tweet - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/croydon-man-charged-inciting-hatred-brussels-tweet-250277668#sthash.hse0uSPV.dpuf

I can't help but feel the reporting in some sections of the media suggests to some people this sort of behaviour is acceptable on the street and on many forms of social media.

[yoda]

I can't help but feel the reporting in some sections of the media suggests to some people this sort of behaviour is acceptable on the street and on many forms of social media.

You are right, if we didn't have social media people might actually talk to each other