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What were the four stages of Big Media’s Toulouse coverage? What to make of Pat Oliphant’s poison pen? And why did the UK Advertising Standards Authority rule against another Israeli tourism ad?
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Toulouse Aftermath
• Mohammed Merah is dead, killed in a hail of bullets as he jumped out a window firing on police.
• Must read: Mark Steyn nails Big Media’s 4 Stages of Toulouse Coverage. In a nutshell:
Stage One: The strange compulsion to assure us that the killer is a “right wing conservative extremist,” . . .
Stage Two: Okay, he may be called Mohammed but he’s a “lone wolf.” . . .
Stage Three: Okay, even if there are enough lone wolves around to form their own Radio City Rockette line, it’s still nothing to do with Islam. . . .
Stage Four: The backlash that never happens. . . .
• Memri sheds light on Fursan Al-‘Izza, the French Al-Qaida group Merah was affiliated with.
