VIDEO-NBC Expert: Jihadis Aren't Necessarily 'Disaffected,'Unemployed' | MRCTV

[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

The 20 February 2015 edition of NBC Nightly News surprisingly (and perhaps, unwittingly) contradicted President Obama and his administration's talking point that providing "job opportunities for these people" will discourage Muslims from joining terrorist groups. Correspondent Katy Tur's report on three British teenagers who may have traveled to Syria to join ISIS featured a counterterrorism expert who underlined that "they're not the disaffected. They're not necessarily unemployed youth. Instead, we're seeing educated young women who are engaged in politics."

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/nbc-expert-jihadis-arent-necessarily-disaffectedunemployed