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Academics Finally Take Note of Islamophobia

[http://www.qern.org/en/academics-finally-take-note-of-islamophobia/islamophobia-journal-spring2012/] For a number of years, we have been taking academics to task for not doing enough to tackle rising Islamophobia. Academic research makes it way into public policy sooner or later, and a certain paralysis had descended upon the academic community after the

Silly Season: Bureau Chief Sebastian Abbot with AP's 'Big Lie'

Here is another factually incorrect article that uses incorrect information and inappropriate words to twist the story. The problem is that this is the Associated Press’s ‘Big Story’, and its stories get picked up by other outlets: AP [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pakistan-shuns-physicist-linked-god-particle] , Yahoo [http://news.yahoo.com/

Free Speech Update: Cartoons can be Censored

So, the Chicago Tribune censors the political cartoon strip Doonesbury. Here is what the editor had to say [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/tribnation/chi-doonesbury-pulled-from-chicago-tribune-this-week-20110912,0,5161792.story] : > To be sure, “Doonesbury” is a satirical cartoon, but the remarks are serious enough that we cannot publish the strip without