Comments on: Any more sensitive and they’ll be suing for defamation http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/07/15/any-more-sensitive-and-theyll-be-suing-for-defamation/ candour is good Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:08:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/07/15/any-more-sensitive-and-theyll-be-suing-for-defamation/#comment-193583 Andrea Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:02:29 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=2162#comment-193583 I think another thing is Americans are so sensitised to race issues that this offends so much more. We were discussing this at lunch yesterday! I think another thing is Americans are so sensitised to race issues that this offends so much more. We were discussing this at lunch yesterday!

]]> By: Terry http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/07/15/any-more-sensitive-and-theyll-be-suing-for-defamation/#comment-193509 Terry Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:48:12 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=2162#comment-193509 I think the image on the cover needed a tiny bit more something. Either a thought balloon around it coming from one of The Usual Suspects known for spreading misinformation like this, or just the barest headline describing the related article. One survey found that something like 23% of people believe he was raised a Muslim. Yes, nearly a quarter of the population might look at that cover and think 'yes, I knew it was true!' It is sad that so many people in the US have been duped by the likes of Rupert Murdoch. I think the image on the cover needed a tiny bit more something. Either a thought balloon around it coming from one of The Usual Suspects known for spreading misinformation like this, or just the barest headline describing the related article.

One survey found that something like 23% of people believe he was raised a Muslim. Yes, nearly a quarter of the population might look at that cover and think ‘yes, I knew it was true!’ It is sad that so many people in the US have been duped by the likes of Rupert Murdoch.

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