Three American Muslims were shot next to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States on Tuesday. A 46-year old man turned himself in to the police and has been charged with the murder of the three students. He was identified by the authorities as Stephen Hicks. His Facebook page contained Islamophobic posts and a specific quote from comedian Bill Maher criticizing Islam. While Twitter and Facebook were flooded with posts talking about their murder, mainstream media was relatively quiet on the onset; a stark contrast to the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Immediately after the attacks in Paris, the vast majority of news sources reported the horrific attacks – as they should. However, after the Chapel Hill attacks, most of mainstream media was quiet. Look at what media covered for 20 hours before twitter shamed them into covering the #ChapelHillShooting: pic.twitter.com/PcRbUCpSz4 — Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) February 11, 2015 The first major news source to report the event was The Independent, some two hours later. FOX News, which has been filling the minds of its listeners with relentless Islamophobic discourse, only reported the attack in a small passing…
