Things are being done in the name of religion, but it's not good enough for the media to describe them simply as Islamic,

The religion or pulpit of a nation is the most powerful source of value formation in any country. Followed by the family, the educational system and the media.

They don't think up questions like that on the basis of what might be true; they concoct the questions on the basis of what might be sensational if it just happened to be true.

If I want religion, I know where to look for it - and if for example I don't want it, then why should it be forced on me in media and public spaces?

It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media coverage of civilian casualties from outlets like Al Jazeera.