‘Check out the following headlines in the British press about the arrest of six men who may have been planning to kill the Pope during his visit to England:
• “Muslim Plot to Kill Pope” (Daily Express)
• “Pope visit: Five suspected Islamist terrorists arrested over assassination plot” (Telegraph)
• “Police question six street cleaners held over plot to attack the Pope” (Daily Mail) (2nd paragraph: “Armed officers detained the men, all believed to be Muslims of North African origin, as they prepared to go on shift at a cleaning depot in Central London.”)
Yet in neither of two separate articles by the Associated Press (Nicole Winfield and David Stringer/Victor L. Simpson) do the writers mention a possible extremist Muslim/Islamic connection. The writers simply identified the suspects as “London street cleaners.” ‘
NewsBusters
Probably Presbyterians. Upset at having to sweep up after the Pope’s visit.
