Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar
by tedks on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:36PM
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For anyone who doubts this interpretation, here are the relevant district policy documents outlining the classification[1] of "weapons" (which includes "look-alike weapons" in the terminology of the district) and the penalty[2] (mandatory expulsion, as required by Texas state law).
Does anyone think that the American media is some unbiased, objective actor that brings stories to the national attention on nothing more than journalistic merit?
Because if you do, you're either stoned or stupid. Remember that this happened in the middle of a news cycle about Donald Trump and other Republicans being islamophobic.
I'm willing to think that the kid and his father aren't deliberately gaming the media machine, but obviously nobody above that level is acting out of anything but self-interest.
[1] http://www.irvingisd.net/cms/lib010/TX01917973/Centricity/Do...
[2] http://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Download/367?filename=FOD(LEGAL)....
Does anyone think that the American media is some unbiased, objective actor that brings stories to the national attention on nothing more than journalistic merit?
Because if you do, you're either stoned or stupid. Remember that this happened in the middle of a news cycle about Donald Trump and other Republicans being islamophobic.
I'm willing to think that the kid and his father aren't deliberately gaming the media machine, but obviously nobody above that level is acting out of anything but self-interest.