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NYT imam series not even Journalism 101-They should be ashamed, but no doubt aren't
Jewish World Review ^ | 3-13-06 | Diana West

Posted on 03/13/2006 5:08:10 AM PST by SJackson

Way back when I was a cub reporter, I got hold of a book about the "art" of interviewing. It was a thin book — no use spending thousands of words to tell a reporter, cub or old Grizzly, to bone up on a subject and let natural curiosity take its course.

That thin book came to mind on reading a three-part series in The New York Times about an imam named Reda Shata, who presides over the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, N.Y. As far as the art of interviewing goes, the reporter got it exactly backward: Thousands of words; negligible expertise; and no curiosity.

Both the New York Post and the New York Sun have already pounced on the most egregious flaw of omission: not a mention, in 11,000-plus words, of the day in March 1994 when a man walked out of that same Bay Ridge mosque and, inspired by the anti-Jewish sermon of the day (delivered by a different, unidentified imam), armed himself and opened fire on a van carrying Hasidic Jewish children. Ari Halberstam, 16, was killed. The Times series, as it happened, concluded on the 12th anniversary of his death.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: 21stcenturyjihad; antisemitism; hatecrime; hatecrimes; holywar; islaminamerica; islamonazism; jihad; liberalelite; mediabias; newyork; nyc; proterrorist; religion; religiousintolerance

1 posted on 03/13/2006 5:08:14 AM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson


Remembering the Crown Heights Riots of 1991 and the conviction of self described "victim" Lemrick Nelson Jr.

National Review (1992): Crime Without Punishment
2 posted on 03/13/2006 5:21:13 AM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: SJackson
Hey, forgive and forget, and go butt up 5x a day!


Sura 9:5 of satans “Koranus,” “Slay the idolaters muslimes wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush.”


Aap aap ahh dap dap!!!!!
It's a religion of peace
It's a religion of peace

3 posted on 03/13/2006 5:22:12 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (The people did feast upon lamb and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfastcereals)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking the keyword or topic Israel.

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4 posted on 03/13/2006 5:30:58 AM PST by SJackson (There is but one language which can be held to these people, and this is terror, William Eaton)
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This entire article must be read to understand the problem


5 posted on 03/13/2006 6:02:43 AM PST by dennisw (-Muslim's biggest enemy is the founder of Islam, Muhammad. Muslims are victims of this evil conman-)
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To: SJackson

The liberal view of politics is that new oppressed minorities keep surfacing. No matter how unpleasant and unworthy they may seem, it is the liberal's task to overcome his repugnance and support them in their struggle against the values of mainstream Amerikkka. This series of articles was a masterpiece of the genre.


6 posted on 03/13/2006 7:31:08 AM PST by joylyn
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