Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

260 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM [ VOL. 1:253
Finally, the full meaning of these attacks has come home to roost in
the U.S.—with the discovery that Pakistan-born, U.S.-based Islamic terrorists
were involved in their planning. Indeed, on Tuesday, November 24,
even a mainstream newspaper—in Barack Obama’s former Chicago political
environs, no less 44 —informed readers of the troubling roles of U.S. terrorists
in Mumbai.
Surprisingly, three days earlier, on November 21, the ultra-liberal
Christian Science Monitor similarly had headlined an article on the
“Islamic terror motive” of the November 5 Muslim massacre of thirteen
people at Ft. Hood. CSM actually emphasized underlying Islamic facts—
albeit while claiming they present an essentially “partisan divide.” 45 Still,
this too represented vastly improved mainstream reporting, in record time
after a jihad strike, for on November 5 and 6, major news networks and
newspapers 46 (excepting Fox News and the New York Post) 47 almost universally
toed the politically correct line on the second such attack on U.S.
soil since Sept. 11. They termed U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nadal Malik
Hasan a “suspect,” “shooter,” or “gunman” 48 —and studiously avoided ref-
44. Jeff Cohn and Hal Dardick, “Two accused of Danish newspaper plot investigated
for ties to Mumbai attacks,” Chicago Tribune, November 24, 2009, http://
archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/nov/24/local/chi-terrorist-suspects-mumbainov
24 (accessed November 25, 2009).
45. Patrik Jonsson, “Fort Hood shooting splits America over Islamic terror
motive,” Christian Science Monitor, November 21, 2009, http://www.csmonitor.
com/USA/Politics/2009/1121/fort-hood-shooting-splits-america-over-islamic-terror-motive
(accessed November 25, 2009).
46. “Profiles of Ft. Hood Shooter’s Victims,” November 6, 2009, CBS News
and AP, November 6, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/06/national/
main5552521.shtml (accessed November 24, 2009); Gordon Lubold, “What is
known about Nidal Malik Hasan and Fort Hood shooting,” Christian Science Monitor,
November 5, 2009, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/1105/whatis-known-about-nidal-malik-hasan-and-fort-hood-shooting
(accessed November 24,
2009).
47. “Troubling Portrait Emerges of Ft. Hood Shooting Rampage Suspect,” Fox
News, November 6, 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572509,00.html;
“Terrorism or Tragic Shooting? Analysts Divided on Ft. Hood Massacre,” Fox
News, November 7, 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/07/terrorismtragic-shooting-analysts-divided-fort-hood-massacre/;
Ralph Peters, “Fort Hood’s
9/11,” New York Post, November 6, 2009, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/
opedcolumnists/fort_hood_xjP9yGrJN7gl7zdsJ31vnJ (all accessed November 24,
2009).
48. “‘Good doctor’ stressed out by deployment?” MSNBC, November 6, 2009,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33722143/; “What was Fort Hood Shooter’s
Motive?” CBS and AP, November 5, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/
11/05/national/main5541916.shtml; Robin Abcarian, Ashley Powers, and Josh