Both media and state profit from keeping Islam and violence linked

Evidence

While the media has very little incentive to challenge religious explanations of events like 9/11, the state has a definite interest in perpetuating them because this association provides a rationale for the expansion of the state’s authority and control with the majority of its citizens’ consent who seek protection against another violent attack. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 266

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the Frankfurt School theme of manufactured threats consolidating authority with popular consent. — connects to: Sustained media focus reframed Muslim citizens as enemies of the state; The network explicitly targets Islam and Islamism as a whole, not just violent extremists