Quote:Oh so you know my viewing and reading habits?  I always suspected you worked for HLS.   :teehee:

 

Here is my point, looking at yesterday's Florida Times Union what page do you think this story was on?  Page 1? No.  Page 2?  Nope.  How about page 3.  Sorry wrong again.  No this story landed on page 4.  Let me ask you this, had this atrocity been committed by followers of say the Baptist church where do you think this story would be and how much airplay would it get?  Our President goes out of his way to not call out Muslim extremist and the main stream media has been extremely reluctant to call him out.  They refuse to criticize him because IMO they backed him.  They also early on in his presidency painted every single person that disagreed with his policies as a racist.  So much so that have painted themselves into a corner on ever disagreeing with him.  Now that is just my opinion and observation so take it for what it is worth.

 

I will also give you the point that yes you most likely did hear about the beheadings on the main stream outlets.  I am guessing it went something like this:  "An American was beheaded today by ISIL, they told you his name and moved onto the next story.  I just do not see due diligence by any major network regardless of their political leanings.

 

My conclusions about your reading habits are based on your ignorance of what has been reported on every news outlet that one would reasonable called mainstream. Because you obviously missed it, the beheadings were covered early and often. They reported how the hostages were taken, the threats on their lives, the efforts to gain their freedom, and the ultimate awful end to their lives. The story mentioned in the OP has been covered extensively. If you haven't seen it, you're either blind or, more likely, keeping your attention tuned to the news sources that are telling you nobody else is covering these stories. You've admitted to guessing what the coverage was like, how would you expect me to arrive at any other conclusion?

 

Your lack of awareness of the coverage is astounding. Do you really think CNN would ignore such a sensational story?

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