Politically correct coverage of Mumbai torture and massacre by the NY Times

"In a series of six alleged “news” stories on the Mumbai massacre, from November 27 to December 1, The New York Times... refused to call the terrorists Muslims or Islamic extremists.

The killers were variously described as “terrorists,” “gunmen,” “militants’ and “assailants,” but never Muslims. The only time readers could catch a glimpse of the terrorists’ motivation was when the paper quoted them directly - as when they complained about the treatment of Muslims in India and the Kashmir

• or called for the release of “mujahedeen prisoners.”

The Times adamantly refuses to recognize a connection between Islam and worldwide terrorism, even though most terrorist acts are committed by Muslims,

• terrorist groups have names like jihad-this and Islamic-that, and terrorists regularly quote the Koran’s kill-the-infidels verses.

Collectively, this constitutes the greatest denial of reality in the history of journalism."... via MichaelSavage.com

• Are they worried about "access" as CNN was in protecting Saddam Hussein? NY Times, 4/11/03, "The News We Kept to Ourselves," by Eason Jordan.

"Mumbai: Deadly Media Euphemisms," Cooper, Brackman, NY Post

• Examing Doctor cites torture of bodies***

It's difficult for Indian citizens to purchase their own firearms. All slaughtered in Mumbai were unarmed.

• Top photo Mumbai home scene of failed commando rescue, getty photo

• Bottom photo of orphaned baby found covered with blood in Mumbai, ap photo

Addendum, 12/5/08: " "The victims were strangled," said Rakesh Maria, a senior Mumbai police official. "There were injuries noticed on the bodies that were not from firing.""...from The Australian, "Torture Signs on Mumbai Jews"

• ADDENDUM #2, 12/5/08, from CBS News evidence surviving baby was beaten: "No one knows how much Moshe saw or how much he knows.

• His back is bruised where terrorists hit him." from CBS News, "Hero Nanny Saved Baby Amid Mumbai Horror," 12/5/08

• ***ADDENDUM #3, 12/7/08: "Why is the Chabad Center Torture Not Being Reported?" Huffington Post, Hershkovitz

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