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 Faith in Media: Improving Coverage of Islam and Other Religions
Blogs from the Conference in Istanbul, Turkey: December 14 to 16
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| Small Group 4 Recap- Covering Religion: Where to Draw the Line
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| Posted by: mmathew |
12/16/2008 1:46 PM |
| Matthew Streib, spokesperson, says many people disagreed on the topic. Cites Joyce Barnathan as saying she was offended by the Danish cartoons. He disagreed, saying that this artist had the right to express his thoughts in this way. Can insulting images be presented in an intelligent manner? Yasmin Ghahremani said that one has the right to show these kinds of cartoons, but do they have to do so? Matthew says it's a big mountain to climb to make up for the inadaquacies of public knowledge. Is this the media's repsponsibility? Should Western Muslims have to stomach Western freedoms? Streib was upset over the coverage of Hurricane Katrina when Jerry Falwell and other preachers blamed the hurricane on gays and the ACLU. He said the coverage of these comments was poor. Should disclaimers be placed in front of difficult criticisms of religion? What about putting religion into journalism schools? Would that help? The topic of the DVD "Obsession" comes about. US newspapers were given copies of this DVD that compares Islam to Nazism. Many newspapers decided not to distribute it. The Daily Show and the Stephen Colbert Show have come into discussion. Jamila comments that there is an attitude of "anything goes." Anything can be printed, anything is allowed. How should we mediate that? |
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