VIDEO-MSNBC’s Most Pressing Concern? ‘Fear’ and ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’ | MRCTV

[See NewsBusters for more.] With the unfolding news that Wednesday’s mass shooting in California was, in fact, terrorism, the main concern on MSNBC appears to be an anti-Muslim backlash by Americans and politicians. On Friday, Andrea Mitchell lectured, “In the midst of a political campaign where anti-Muslim rhetoric has reached a pitch that I have never heard in this country, not even after 9/11, this is a very concerning time.”  Chuck Todd agreed, fretting, “ I think the more there are going to be plenty of, plenty of Americans who maybe don't have a lot of interactions with Muslim Americans, who are going to feel fear.” The best the Meet the Press moderator could do is to allow, “There is a lot of fear and anxiety in America. Some of this fear may be justified in some form or another.”

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