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Posted on 05/09/2015 11:26:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A reporter for a Detroit TV station got in hot water earlier this week when she mentioned that, given the substantial Muslim population in the state, “it should not come as a real surprise” if there was a Michigan connection to Islamic State.
The reporter was roundly criticized. Not for stating the obvious, but because she said the words “Muslim” and “ISIS” in the same sentence.
During a Wednesday broadcast on NBC-affiliated WDIV-TV Local 4, anchor Carmen Harlan discussed a possible ISIS-connected threat in the state. “Given the fact that we have the largest Arab population outside of the Middle East, I guess this should not come as a real surprise,” she said.
Seeing as the state has a substantial Muslim population, several organizations spoke out against Harlan, calling upon her and the network to officially apologize, the Lebanese Examiner reported.
“This shocking lapse of professional conduct was directed against law-abiding citizens who strive to create vibrant, diverse communities wherever they live,” said Fatina Abdrabboh, director of the Michigan American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
“Comments like these are an example of racial profiling at its worst and Carmen Harlan should apologize immediately,” said Progress Michigan’s executive director Lonnie Scott.
Separately, the National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) said of Harlan’s comment: “As a reporter, she has a responsibility to remain objective in her reporting and not draw conclusions for her audience. We request that WDIV immediately address this racially charged comment.”
Harlan issed an apology on Thursday: “In no way did I mean to imply that because of our community’s make up, there was a higher risk of ISIS threats.”
(Video courtesy of Grabien)
Let’s put it this way: What are the odds that there isn’t an ISIS connection in Michigan? It’s a dog bites man story, and the reporter was simply stating the facts.
If you asked the FBI, they would no doubt confirm that they are watching several Muslims in the state, so perhaps the Islamic “civil rights” organizations can stop their laughable charges of “racial profiling” and start cooperating with authorities to root out the terrorists. (Islam is a religion, not a race, and to try to make it so is absurd.)
The reporter should not have apologized for reporting the obvious.
Boys and girls! Are your blinders firmly affixed?
The truth is the truth. Why apologize? Evil is evil no matter how it is packaged.
sharia creeping in this country at warp speed.
Does ISIS have ties to the Jewish community? The Hindu community? The Christian community? No? Then it’s not racial profiling, it’s stating a fact.
Denying what is obviously true. Of course, IS is recruiting from among the towelheads in the USA.
If the reporter got in hot water for that, i’d had to see what happened if they opined on why Detroit has turned into a third-world country.
She should have said in her apology, “I’m sorry there are so many muslims in Michigan.”
Huh.. so does CAIR and et al think that they have the same chance of producing D’aesh sympathizers as the poor white backwoods neighborhood, or Chinatown? Is the hispanic ghetto going to produce more terrorists than the Islamified black ghetto?
ISIS is 100% Muslim. It makes sense that a Muslim area will produce more ISIS members than a non-Muslim location.
RE: ISIS is 100% Muslim. It makes sense that a Muslim area will produce more ISIS members than a non-Muslim location.
I don’t know. My Pakistani colleague insist they are a Muslim cult that the vast majority of Muslims want to do nothig with, much like the Westboro Baptist Church is to Christians.
Carmen Harlen is a hottie that has been an anchorwomen in the Detroit area since 1978, I have had a crush on her ever since she started. She seems to be a very fairminded reporter. I don’t know how to post a picture but here is a URL to a website for her.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=carmen+harlan&spell=1
Eloquently stated.
Message to Muslims: everyone is welcome here except you - because you’re the only group of people that trains its young to hate and want to subjugate or kill Americans, Christians, and Jews We’ve read your Koran and we’ve heard your preachers and we’ve seen all the Islamic mass murders and terrorism and bombings and crucifixions and burning christiAns alive in cages Do not think we are stupid.
Your colleague is wrong.
Christians loudly proclaim that the Westboro Baptist Church DOES NOT represent Christians. Christians show up and use their bodies and motorcycles to block them. Christians deride them in the media. So on and so on.
Do muslims EVER do these things?
EVER?
Your coworker is not just a liar but a damned liar and you need to start paying attention to the truth.
“The reporter should not have apologized for reporting the obvious.”
It’s not about stating the obvious. She was forced to apologize because the truth flew in the face of the established leftist narrative.
Can’t have reporters telling the truth if it goes against the agenda.....
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