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NEW YORKDecrying the label as shamelessly sexist, media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting issued a statement Monday condemning the American press for only referring to Alabama-born jihadist Hoda Muthana as bride of ISIS soldier. Ms. Muthana is an accomplished ISIS member in her own right, having joined one of the top terrorist organizations in the world at the age of only 20, said FAIR spokesperson Keith Finneran, explaining how terms like ISIS bride and wife of ISIS soldier, routinely used to refer to Muthana in news headlines, are derogatory in that they credit the womans hard-won contributions to the war on infidels to her husband. To be identified simply by her role as a bride is disrespectful and does a great disservice to all she has achieved for the caliphate. You wouldnt call a man husband of ISIS fighter, would you? So show Ms. Muthana the same consideration. Finneran clarified that you shouldnt refer to Muthana as a female terrorist either, because the countless hours shes allegedly spent online calling for the death of Americans makes her just as much of a terrorist as anyone else.
https://www.theonion.com/sexist-media-keeps-only-referring-to-woman-as-bride-of-1833041408?utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0hCNrZpquaus7WIMQ8Ol5qHaxwhB0KWVDh6POf5A6TO-RM2d2_qdBpNKQ
I thought this was a real headline for a moment. It's amazing The Onion can keep up.
Fullduplexxx
(7,845 posts)Caliman73
(11,726 posts)The Onion staff must be working double overtime.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I just knew this shit was real, too