Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, tweeted this afternoon that there has been hardly any serious media coverage about the gunman who shot three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Apparently, he is not the only one who holds this view:
of course the #ChapelHillShooting hardly receives any coverage or attention. they were muslims and muslim lives don't matter right? smh
— mariam (@ohmcsteamy) February 11, 2015
Hardly any main stream media coverage of the chapel hill shooting of 3 members of a family. Why? Maybe because they are Muslim ? disgusting!
— ???Riz?2017 CHAMP???? (@riz007_007) February 11, 2015
3 muslim college students killed in a hate crime at Chapel Hill but hardly any real coverage of that…
— Brad (@Old_Man_Gray) February 11, 2015
US Media is full of propaganda no broad coverage of #ChapeHillShooting cause it's only a Muslim that's killed why is the world so silent?
— ?Glamzee? (@Rock2Goddess) February 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/Chow_xox/status/565620783201144834
Have you heard of the#ChapelHillShooting
Three Muslim college kids executed
No coverage ..! pic.twitter.com/RgQlXojpXQ— Adam Am (@adamalmasri_aj1) February 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/MoBhata/status/565600072327782401
https://twitter.com/PrayMoreOften/status/565591057237544960
Have you heard of the #ChapelHillShooting? Three #Muslim college kids murdered.No Western media coverage. @AJENews pic.twitter.com/WzJ46L84Xl
— Free Bangladesh (@freebangladesh) February 11, 2015
So just coz the 3 victims were Muslim, there's no coverage on the media of this terrible incident #MuslimLivesMatter #ChapelHillShooting
— sEmIYaA (@sameeaalam) February 11, 2015
This person linked to a newspaper article in an attempt to prove his point that there has been no media coverage:
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Have you heard of the #ChapelHillShooting? Three Muslim college kids executed. No coverage. http://t.co/in5ugtjyzv … #ChapelHillShooting
— طيب و بعدين (@AbouyoussefMost) February 11, 2015
Back in the real world, more than 1,200 articles have been published about the shooting so far. Just a few examples:
- US gunman kills three young Muslims in parking spat: police
- Three Muslims killed in shooting near UNC; police, family argue over motive
- Worldwide Social Media Outrage After Muslim Students Killed In North Carolina
- Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslims killed
- Chapel Hill ‘rocked’ by killings of 3 Muslim students
- Hate crime probed in murder of US Muslim students
- Three Muslim family members killed near UNC-Chapel Hill
- Parking Dispute Cited in Shooting Deaths of 3 Muslims in North Carolina
- Suspect in Muslim students’ shooting known for outbursts, neighbor says
- 3 Muslim Students Dead After Shooting Near UNC-Chapel Hill
- Three college students killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46-year-old man charged
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