Saturday, November 07, 2009

How the right has responded to Fort Hood

Maybe not surprisingly the right wing media in America have come out all guns blazing following the Fort Hood shootings.

Media matters reports that

Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, for example, urging readers to think of the alleged shooter "whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military." Additionally, commentators have blamed the shooting on "political correctness," with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggesting the implementation of "special debriefings" for Muslim American soldiers to prevent future attacks.


via Huffington Post

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