Anti-Islam activism is itself a profitable industry, not just ideology
Evidence
What is especially remarkable, with all the money flowing into this propaganda machine, is how profitable it can be to bash Muslims. A reporter for The Tennesseean , Bob Smietana, noticed how much attention the Murfreesboro mosque controversy was getting from outside groups, and his investigative reporting unearthed a veritable treasure trove of money being made by key players on the anti-Islam circuit. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 30
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- QUESTION: The Smietana investigation — what exactly were the money flows? Worth chasing the primary reporting to quantify ‘treasure trove of money.’
- XREF: Connects to the moral-panic literature (Cohen) and to the idea that panic entrepreneurs profit from manufactured threat — same pattern as other manufactured panics.