Anti-Muslim propaganda videos drew mainstream security officials as participants
Evidence
The upshot of this propaganda is that few in the media challenged the King hearings, giving credence to the notion that Muslims are in fact being “radicalized” and need to be questioned and monitored in ways similar to the “reds” in the Cold War era. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 559 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim activists are networked insiders of the US security establishment — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 720; Islamophobic propaganda about mosques seeded hearings and counterterror surveilling of Muslim communities — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 697; A coordinated propaganda campaign distributed millions of anti-Muslim films in swing states (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Anti-Muslim extremists function as within-establishment security educators, not fringe outsiders
#expands(0.90) - A coordinated propaganda campaign distributed millions of anti-Muslim films in swing states
#corroborates(0.88) - Unchallenged propaganda legitimized monitoring Muslims like Cold War reds
#expands(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 559 - State surveillance and propaganda work in concert to produce systemic anti-Muslim racism
#expands(0.85) - Islamophobic propaganda about mosques seeded hearings and counterterror surveilling of Muslim communities
#expands(0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 697 - Anti-Muslim training films frame Muslim moderation claims as deception
#expands(0.80) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32