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How Will Media Report Massive Turkish Protests Against Islamic-Rooted Government?
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsbusters.org/node/12399"><H2 class="page-title">How Will Media Report Massive Turkish Protests Against Islamic-Rooted Government?</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsbusters.org/node/12399"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/newsbusters.org/img/617446F7-6DAB-497F-8BD8-DF1B088D9D39" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsbusters.org/node/12399">In case you hadn’t heard, there was a huge protest in Turkey on Sunday as <A href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4758929.html" set="yes">reported</A> by the Associated Press (h/t NBer Gary Hall and <A href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25289_Huge_Crowd_Protests_Against_Islamic_Rule_in_Turkey&only">LGF</A>, emphasis added throughout):</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsbusters.org/node/12399">At least 300,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the <B>Islamic roots of </B>Turkey<B>'s leaders threatened to destroy the country's modern foundations</B>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsbusters.org/node/12399">Given the American media’s predilection towards never wanting to write or say anything that could possibly offend Muslims, an interesting question is raised regarding how they will report this story</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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