how tedious, I mean I suspect if you've somehow formed a view that these papers don't relentlessly stoke fears about muslims as some sort of Darth Vader-like menace despite living in the UK, then a few links won't sway you. but LMGTFY
www.pcc.org.uk/cases/adjudicated.html?article=NTAyMg==&type=
www.bbc.com/news/uk-35903066
here's the subtle sun headline
it's a pretty horrible thing to get wrong, don't you think? And a lot of people who probably didn't read the later retraction probably went away believing that there's whole bunch of muslims living in england that support murdering them.
But I couldn't say for sure if this bloke was influenced by the Sun and the Mail or he just had a bad falafel the night before and wanted vengeance. But I could say with certainity that many people are influenced by these rags, and not just the shaven-headed EDL types. They sell by stoking hatred and division and most of all fear. It might be by running lots of photos of Abu Hanza on the cover because he looks like captain hook, or saying muslims are going to outnumber us by 2050 at current birthrates so head for the hill, or something much more viscious. But that's their business model, fear sells
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 20 Jun 2017, 13:47,
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I also guess it was a coincidence that the Sun and Mail printed multiple headlines about Abu Hanza and the Finsbury park mosque up until his arrest in 2004
But no reports in those papers after that the Mosque had shutdown in response, replaced its management, board of trustees and imans and reopened a year later promoting community inclusivity which was widely regarded as a success story. Their readers don't want to know about that.
It just happened to be that mosque that the van man chose
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 20 Jun 2017, 14:37,
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Yeah. There should have been a media blackout on that.
You know, for the greater good. I bet not a single other paper or news broadcast ever uttered a single word about Finsbury Park mosque. It's all the fault of the Sun and Mail. Case closed.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 20 Jun 2017, 14:42,
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you're right that they weren't the only ones
though the Sun in particular seemed to have a hard-on for their cover boy Hanza. He does look like a bond villian, I'll admit.
But at the risk of stereotyping the van man doesn't look the type to be reading The Times, put down his Pimms, and announce, "I say old bean, it's time I jolly well went down to that Mosque and give those chaps what for"
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 20 Jun 2017, 15:12,
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I think we can establish that this guy was a violent, drunken moron. However if you don't think that violent drunken morons are susceptible to suggestion from what they view as a gospel of truth (because they are ignorant and right wing) then you're simply lying to make a point or you have your head in the sand.
If you read in the paper that you're under attack from all corners and you don't have the capacity to go and check with other sources, use your mental reasoning skills, or perhaps don't actually know any muslims, then it's likely that you'll come to believe that point of view after a while.
To use your incorrectly utilised phrase "case closed".
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 20 Jun 2017, 15:14,
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