He collected 1,084 press releases from 120 organizations, including Muslim groups, evangelical Christian groups and think tanks with various interests. He then compared these press releases with 50,407 newspaper
articles and television transcripts from 2001 to 2008He found press releases that were emotional, displaying fear and anger, had the best chance of getting the media's attention
"The groups that were getting the majority of the attention, especially after 9/11, were some of the least representative groups, or what I call fringe groups," Bail said
https://sorblog2014.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/the-representation-of-islam-in-the-media/
(picture at the bottom of muslim man with labels on his face)
The media reports involving Muslims and Islam in general have become more frequent, with the racist, stereotype images and remarks becoming more and more accepted as normal, especially in the news, entertainment and social media.
Media including Hollywood and the filmmakers have become worse in their racist opinions of Muslims portraying them more and more as brutal, heartless, uncivilised religious fanatics and money-mad cultural “others” bent on terrorising civilised Westerners.
The media has generalised their opinion based on a small minority to all of the Muslim population and sensationalized it to heighten cultural anxieties. This opinion and stereotype has caused much tension between westerners and the general Muslim population in the past and the present.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRZQiwxB8lE
(0:00 - 2:10)
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