Coverage of extremist offshoots makes rare violence stand in for an entire faith

Evidence

For instance, discussing the actions of a fringe extremist offshoot of Islam like al Qaeda has focused the narrative about Islam and Muslim adherents to rare violence, often without the context of the common Muslim belief system, which condemns violence. — Emily Greene-Colozzi, Amy Adamczyk, and Senahan Kiyal Keles, Differences in Religious Framing of…, 26

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A story told entirely through what a news frame leaves out could dramatize how a community is known only by its outliers.
• SHARE: Good one to send to anyone who works on religion reporting or media literacy.
• XREF: connects to: News coverage massively overrepresents violent over nonviolent claim-making. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 225