Federalist column makes sweeping claim about Muslims

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA column from The Federalist is headlined, Why Western Muslims Support Terrorism More Than Middle Eastern Muslims Do, and it argues that Muslims in the West use democratic freedoms to expand a version of Islam it says is suppressed in Islamic countries.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat is a sweeping claim about an entire religion, and the summary we were given includes no poll, no figure and no named study.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is an opinion piece, so the headline states the comparison as settled while the summary offers an argument.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe can't tell how it defines support or where the comparison comes from.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA why with no that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorExactly. The explanation shows up first and the evidence is still being looked for.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI would coach any headline to put the proof before the conclusion. Assertions without numbers are just vibes with punctuation.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA claim this big usually travels with at least one number.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMaybe it's in the second paragraph, behind a cookie banner.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI checked everywhere a person might look. The only thing I found was the headline itself, asking the question it claimed to answer.