Media bias begins at Fox

We still have freedom of speech in this country, if i don't like the bias in any news channel that I am watching I am free to change the channel, no one forces me to keep watching a particular station.

As a Christian I am not threatened by different views, I may be offended by some perceptions people hold about Christians, and I see that SOME, NOT ALL, people who oppose Christianity are every bit as intolerant as they accuse Christians to be.

With that being said, I know there are many so called Christians which do more harm to other Christians by acting totally opposite of how Christ showed us how we ought to aspire to be.

I would like to see mainstream Muslims come out in force and let us know what they think about the Radical-Muslim element. I would like to hear their point of view.

Georgetown, where Esposito teaches is heavily endowed by Arab oil states. His own Center has received a 20 million dollar endowment from Saudi Arabia.

The paste below is from Wikipedia:

"Esposito founded the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and is its current director. The center has received a $20 million endowment from Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal 'to advance education in the fields of Islamic civilization and Muslim-Christian understanding and strengthen its presence as a world leader in facilitating cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.'[4]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Esposito

Dr. Esposito,

Be careful about singling out Fox News for their "bias"; it appears that your boss is a significant shareholder in their operation:

http://rawstory.com/2009/2009/12/murdochs-news-corp-cements-ties-saudi-prince/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

After all, Fox News, for all it's other failings, recently gave CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper the forum to speak about the "profiling" of airline passengers from certain countries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJhMc6OQ7M4

Although I'll admit that it didn't appear to go well for Mr. Hooper, I'd submit that at least they asked him on, which is more than the other networks did.

In any case, I believe the original question was about "bias against Christianity": leave it to you to try and turn it into a conversation about the "victimization of Islam". Stay on topic, idiot.

Laboo, you have it backwards.

Criticize Christianity = Politically correct and even encouraged

Criticize Islam = Bad, taboo. (Not to mention dangerous.)

We don't know if criticism of Islam is so reined in because of mere political correctness or out of abject fear, but it is obvious to anyone paying attention that the mainstream media bends over backwards to not portray Islam in a negative way but is perfectly happy to paint Christianity in a negative light. I, in fact, am an atheist and pretty much detest both Christianity and Islam but I have to say that Islam should be treated in the same condescending way that Christianity is by the mainstream media.

Oh, and using Fox as a reference for media is ridiculous. Try BBC, CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS.

I would suggest that if a devout Christian, who was born in Topeka, Kansas, had instead been born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he would have been a devout Muslim. If Osama bin Laden, who is a devout Muslim, had instead been born in Athens, Alabama, he would have been a devout Christian. Religion spreads, passively, by the coincidental geography of one's place of birth and, actively, by parents' talent for inculcating their defenseless, trusting offspring. Some people seemingly have a predisposition to religious zeal; the religion to which they wed themselves has nothing to do with evidence and everything to do with inculcative history. The Christian apologetics that utterly convince a person born in Hendersonville, Tennessee, would be infidelic venom to that very person had he instead been born in Tehran, Iran. Ferrisi

edbyronadams: Please hold forth on the fine Christians of the Westboro Baptist Church who taunt the families of fallen soldiers with "God hates fags."

Disparage Christianity = bad. Disparage Islam = politically correct. It seems it depends on whose camel is being gored, doesn't it?

Hello edbyronadams

In this case I am in agreement with Mr. Esposito. His point is not about matter of degree that one could blame a religion for the actions of some of it's adherents, which is the direction that you go with it. His is that the news organization Hume is associated with does, demonstrably, constantly and consistently slant it's commentary to slander and bad mouth one religion over another. The picture that Fox paints of Islam is extremely biased, even if they could justify that 'extremist muslims' could fit that picture. There talking heads are all contra Islam. Do you hear them being contra Christian?

Mr. Esposito's point is that it is the organization of Fox that is biased, and are feeding that bias into the living rooms across America and the world. Do you disagree with this?

Please hold forth on the death sentence passed on foreign cartoonists who have the temerity to make fun of Islam.

Compare and contrast with the pundits on Fox who might question the tenets and behavior, in the name of faith, of believers in the Koran. Then you can discern the difference between real bias.