The 'T' Word

" Coming to us from killing Texas where officials at Fort Hood army base say seven people are dead and twelve wounded in what appears to be. A man shooting at a facility there are Tim dawn on the national -- down in the newsroom is working this story Tim when it collapsed."

" Fox News coverage of the Fort -- massacre last week details about the suspects were quick to surface. But most of the media were hesitant to link major new doll Molly cuts on his Muslim faith. And the murders as a terrorist act even several days after the attack. A Rasmussen poll asked Americans how they felt about the murders of Fort Hood. The poll asked should the shooting incident be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act or by civilian authorities as a criminal act. 60% said military authorities should investigated as a terrorist act. 47% thought it should be investigated as a criminal act 13%. Not sure. The culture and media institute noticed something about the news coverage until President Obama spoke on Tuesday at a memorial service for the victims of the Fort -- attacks. 29%. Of evening news reports mentioned that major need normally because Tom was a Muslim. 93%. Of the stories ignored any terror connection. But after the president hinted at what ABC called Islamic extremist views all three networks mentioned terrorism. 85% of the stories on the broadcast networks did not mention the word terror. ABC CBS and NBC evening news referenced terrorism connections to the Fort -- attack. Just seven times in 48 reports. -- you wrote about this this week was there hesitancy on the on the part of the networks on the part of the media. To call this terrorism."

" Without question John every time I write on this subject I get a slew of -- my syndicate gets a slew of male calling me a bigot calling Islam a full. Most people can't put up -- sort of thing I relish and I'm happy to have it. But there's a double standard in the media back in the 1980s when the so called religious right the conservative Christians. I came up in the political system. The media said cameras to their churches they stereotype little old ladies man driving pickup trucks. They they labeled them ultra right extreme right fundamentalists they didn't care about labeling them but now its hands off no cameras in the mosques no labeling of Islamic extremists beyond that word a terrible double standard."

" Judy you seem to have a different that you see both the left and the right are getting this story wrong we mean right. Basically you had exactly the phenomenon callous talking about on the on the part of a left in Psycho babble that the release substitutes for -- reporting. And no mention of terror on the right you have another phenomenon which is this insidious slide. From major -- song. As a Muslim in two criticizing and fears about. Islam as a religion I think we had to be we saw a little of that and nothing got in the media to be very concerned this week."

" Well engine or some of the media who will make this -- a victim. Like -- Kerry Smith for example on CBS who was one of hundreds of reporters in the MS man who said it stressed its PT -- the poor -- And it it was unbelievable but of course again as always major segment in true. Alluded to. They take their cues from Obama Obama said at Fort Hood it's quote incomprehensible. What happened well George knew Meyer at the Americans spectators actually it's. Perfectly comprehensible. The guy was getting. Ideas not orders from some killer in Yemen."

" If there are reports that he was harassed on the job because of his Muslim faith now you know again I have a son at West Point my experience with the military is. If you're not doing well -- your job you're gonna get harassed and that seems to be the case here. But but why why has the media be and I guess dancing around the Islamic issues while."

" They were initially dancing around it and I actually would applaud the media the way that they they reacted to -- which was you can work. With a more since rate cut but with more restraint to not jumping to conclusions when -- first. Came out whereas I have a lot of friends on the right emailing me insane when you go on air make sure that you see this is. In a terrorist attack and it's like. Let's wait and get all the information and has gotten more information I think you can start to put together a case that when you. What that initial information was that he'd been killed the initial information was that he was killed by this woman who it -- that didn't kill him I -- it was a lot of this information and I think it's better to show restraint. Into you have actual information. Which we now have about about these connections and then make the --"

" to a point but there were several hosts including Shepard Smith who's quite very well be a very good on this network. Who sat on the air we know the man's name but we're going to withhold it. For basically reasons known only to ourselves we know the reason because it is Arab sounding its Muslim sounding. And nobody wanted to be the first to put that up there. That's the kind of restraint that we're seeing on this. Restraint is a good thing as tears and says when you don't have the fact. We remember after Reagan shot people reporting that Jim Brady was dead when he wasn't dead so that kind of restraint is good but when he got the facts let's put him out there --"

" on the first day we knew. That he had yelled Allah lock box that is great and he gunned down people automatically -- something. About his get out just stated that he could just as easily been a crazy lunatic who snapped out fat and yes he may get and -- lightening and my name is not -- I could've easily been great who lives except for the fact that you -- how Lockhart. All right Alan you could be crazy over the weekend and I -- not not on -- I'm nothing if he's you know that's another story."