Comments on: What role do you believe the media should pay in interfaith dialogue? http://ilana.hadithuna.com/what-role-do-you-believe-the-media-should-pay-in-interfaith-dialogue/ an insanity all my own Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Paul Maurice Martin http://ilana.hadithuna.com/what-role-do-you-believe-the-media-should-pay-in-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-109 Paul Maurice Martin Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:51:53 +0000 http://ilana.hadithuna.com/what-role-do-you-believe-the-media-should-pay-in-interfaith-dialogue/#comment-109 Like all technology, the media has the potential to do great good or great harm. Clearly we've leaned toward harm doing. It has facilitated the world becoming less civil, civilized, and educated when theoretically it could have done the opposite. If it would just get beyond generally identifying Islam with terrorism that would help. Also if it wouldn't submit to being a pawn of the adminstration, although obviously it's way too late for that in terms of beating the war drums for Iraq. Like all technology, the media has the potential to do great good or great harm. Clearly we’ve leaned toward harm doing. It has facilitated the world becoming less civil, civilized, and educated when theoretically it could have done the opposite.

If it would just get beyond generally identifying Islam with terrorism that would help. Also if it wouldn’t submit to being a pawn of the adminstration, although obviously it’s way too late for that in terms of beating the war drums for Iraq.

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