{"id":5431,"date":"2006-10-05T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/headlines-and-more-headlines.html"},"modified":"2006-10-05T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T13:30:17","slug":"headlines-and-more-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/headlines-and-more-headlines.html","title":{"rendered":"Headlines and more headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Papist on the amazing-disappearing-coverage of the Turkish hijakers:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Headlines along the lines of "Plane hijacked to protest Pope’s trip to Turky" were given top billing at all the major news outlets. As soon as new information came out suggesting that the hijackers were actually Christians seeking asylum from an oppressive Muslim government – news coverage quickly dried-up. So, let’s review: bad things happening in the world that can be ostensibly traced back to the Pope? Headlines news. Christians trying to escape persecution from Muslims because of their beliefs? Practically ignored.<\/p>\n

Finally, who started the (false) rumor that the hijacker was protesting Pope Benedict’s trip to Turkey? It seems to have originated from Turkish telivision stations, who were interviewing the head of Turkish airlines as well as several high-ranked Turkish officials (including the Istanbul vice governor Vedat Muftuoglu who told CNN-Turk "They [the hijackers] said their action was to protest the pope\u2019s visit."). <\/p>\n

So where did these public officials get the idea that the hijacker was protesting the Pope’s visit? Was it harmless miscommunication, irresponsible speculation, or malicious fabrication? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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