March 12, 2006

Media Ignorant of Muslims among us

After being released by the British Telegraph and the Spectator, Mark Steyn's column is now being published by The Chicago Sun-Times. It appears that British censorship is running rampid. Islam wins another battle with the EU.

Here is Mark's latest...

Media shockingly ignorant of Muslims among us

BY MARK STEYN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

This week's Voldemort Award goes to the New York Times for their account of a curious case of road rage in North Carolina:

"The man charged with nine counts of attempted murder for driving a Jeep through a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Friday told the police that he deliberately rented a four-wheel-drive vehicle so he could 'run over things and keep going.' "

The driver in question was Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar.

Whoa, don't jump to conclusions. The Times certainly didn't. As the report continued:

"According to statements taken by the police, Mr. Taheri-azar, 22, an Iranian-born graduate of the university, felt that the United States government had been 'killing his people across the sea' and that his actions reflected 'an eye for an eye.'"

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