Saturday, March 11, 2006
MEDIA INFLUENCE NOTED
George W. Bush and Muslims are polling poorly in the US. Why? Well, in Bush’s case, any analyst will tell you it’s because of the war, Katrina, Dick Cheney’s killing spree, and so on. But the reason Muslims are polling so badly—46% of Americans currently have a negative view of Islam—is simply because, as James Zogby explains, politicians, authors and media commentators have demonised the Arab world since 2001.