Saturday, September 09, 2006

HEADLINE-CONTENT MISMATCH

The Sydney Morning Herald online displays the following headline and teaser:
US 'spreading Islamophobia'

Iran's former president has decried a wave of "Islamophobia" being spread in the United States by fear and hatred of Islam.
This plays to the prejudices of the SMH's lefty readers. making it sound like the US is spreading Islamophobia. The article actually readers quite differently:
Iran's former president has decried a wave of "Islamophobia" being spread in the United States by fear and hatred of Islam in response to terror carried out by Muslims.
It's simply cause and effect.

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