PrintMay 23, 2007
Pew propaganda spin
Are Muslim Americans mostly middle class and mostly mainstream, as headlined by the Pew Research Center? Is there any other group which would be surveyed for which the labels "moderate" and "assimilated" would be used when more than one quarter of those under age 30 support suicide bombing attacks, and only 40% believe that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Muslim terrorists?
A thought experiment: if only 40% of Mormons who were surveyed thought we landed on the moon in 1969, do you think the group would be described in the New York Times as moderate and assimilated, or would they be mocked as loons?
