As a result of the GOP Summer of Hate a newspaper had to apologise for portraying Muslims as human.

[TheBigotBasher]

First, it was offensive and insensitive to build an Islamic center two blocks away from Ground Zero. Now it's offensive and insensitive to publish photos of American Muslims peacefully praying, on or around 9/11.
The Portland Press Herald has apologized to its readers for publishing images of Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan, which this year coincided with the 9/11 anniversary. Among the outrageous statements that the accompanying article made: that Portland-era Muslims met to mark the end of the month-long holy fast, that they made a traditional call for charity, and that children played soccer.
Noting that thousands of local Muslims marked a holy day peacefully near the anniversary of a day when a few Muslims committed a mass murder (whose victims included other Muslims) was apparently beyond the pale. The paper's editor and publisher wrote: "We erred by at least not offering balance to the story and its prominent position on the front page."
Here's where we are in America, 2010: There is now one group of Americans whose peaceful religious observance cannot be noted by decent people, unless it is "balanced" by the mention of a vile crime committed in 2001 by people, with a perverted idea of the same religion, from the other side of the world.

http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/09/14/paper-to-readers-sorry-for-portraying-muslims-as-human

What next?

[blondeatlast]

1. WTF?

"We erred by at least not offering balance to the story and its prominent position on the front page."

No, you didn't--when are you going to apologize to the non-haters out there?

Anybody up for an LTTE campaign? I think it's time to make an example of the lazy, squishy press. :mad:

[TheBigotBasher]

2. Here is the original article.

http://www.pressherald.com/note-of-apology.html

They should have just said screw you your nasty dirty bigots.

[mmonk]

3. The article sounds like sarcasm.