Muslim-perpetrated attacks draw far more US media coverage than far-right attacks

Evidence

The Universities of Georgia and Alabama in the United States conducted a study comparing media coverage of “terrorist attacks” committed by Islamist militants with those of non- Muslims in the United States. Researchers found that “terrorist attacks” by Islamist militants receive 357% more media attention than attacks committed by non-Muslims or whites. Terrorist attacks committed by non-Muslims (or where the religion was unknown) received an average of 15 headlines, while those committed by Muslim extremists received 105 headlines. The study was based on an analysis of news reports covering terrorist attacks in the United States between 2005 and 2015. This was despite the fact that far-right extremists were responsible for almost double the number of terrorist acts in US attributed to Muslim individuals between 2008 and 2016. — Wikipedia contributors, Islamophobia, 66

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the learned pattern that Muslim and nonwhite victims are dehumanized and undercounted while perpetrators get disproportionate framing.
• CANDY: The 357% / 15-vs-105-headlines contrast is elevator-conversation-ready and needs almost no setup.
• SEED: Angle: ‘The 357% Premium’ — how headline allocation functions as a de facto terror threat multiplier.