By Ed Habib
The media as a whole is a powerful entity. It has the power to change, influence, and produce, in both good and bad ways. When it comes to producing an "image" of Islam, the media is not doing such a nice job. It's an obvious truth that news channels are out to make a profit first and foremost, but with the amount of power they have to influence comes the responsibility to do good and tell truth, not misinform and put fear in the hearts of viewers.
When Islam is shown on the news, it is usually a violent act, and it is shown again and again and again in order to emphasize the fact that the violence happened to be connected to Islam. Now there are violent people in Islam, but it's also a truth that most Muslims are good, normal people. Another truth is that there is violence in Christianity, and especially Judaism, but those are not shown over and over again.
In order for the issue of Islamophobia to be solved, which is a long-term battle, anyone who has any sense of reality must use the media to provide correct, sensible, and true information and facts in order to show the real story of Global Islam.
Remember that profit is the main goal of news channels, and they will use controversial and misinformed topics to pull in viewers, who in turn receive this fictional fear and misconception of topics, such as Islam.
When Islam is shown on the news, it is usually a violent act, and it is shown again and again and again in order to emphasize the fact that the violence happened to be connected to Islam. Now there are violent people in Islam, but it's also a truth that most Muslims are good, normal people. Another truth is that there is violence in Christianity, and especially Judaism, but those are not shown over and over again.
In order for the issue of Islamophobia to be solved, which is a long-term battle, anyone who has any sense of reality must use the media to provide correct, sensible, and true information and facts in order to show the real story of Global Islam.
Remember that profit is the main goal of news channels, and they will use controversial and misinformed topics to pull in viewers, who in turn receive this fictional fear and misconception of topics, such as Islam.
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