Islamophobic propaganda moves right-wing to mainstream to center
Evidence
The overall dynamic is one in which the right-wing media are the hubs of Islamophobic propaganda, which then spills over into the mainstream media through the Islamophobic warriors or through sympathetic politicians. The political center then adapts and moves further to the right. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 698
Categorization
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 698
- XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim propaganda won mainstream legitimacy on PBS as early as 1994; Islamophobic discourse moves from right-wing media to mainstream and shifts the center rightward; Right-wing media propaganda spills into the mainstream and moves the political center rightward (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobic discourse moves from right-wing media to mainstream and shifts the center rightward
#corroborates(1.00) - Right-wing media propaganda spills into the mainstream and moves the political center rightward
#expands(0.95) - Islam-as-violence framing migrated from the right into mainstream liberal media
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 346 - European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream.
#corroborates(0.85) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 480 - Islamophobic rhetoric moved from fringe into mainstream French politics
#corroborates(0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 708 - Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right
#expands(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 91 - Unchallenged propaganda legitimized monitoring Muslims like Cold War reds
#expands(0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 559