Pembunuhan tiga pelajar Islam di Chapel Hill sepi di media utama, tidak di media sosial

Umaira Uyop
Februari 11, 2015 19:48 MYT
Pengguna media sosial mempersoalkan ketelusan media gergasi dalam laporan berkenaan liputan insiden tembakan di Chapel Hill.
Tiada liputan di media utama tetapi jadi bualan hangat di laman media sosial.
Insiden tiga pelajar beragama Islam maut ditembak di Utara Carolina, Amerika Syarikat mencetuskan pelbagai reaksi di media sosial.
Rata-rata mempersoalkan mengapa kejadian ini tidak mendapat liputan media massa.
Tiga mangsa yang dikenali sebagai Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, isterinya, Yusor Mohammad, 21, dan adik perempuannya, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, ditembak mati di kediaman mereka di Summerwalk Circle, Chapel Hill, pada petang Selasa.
Suspek berusia 46 tahun yang dikenal pasti sebagai Craig Stephen Hicks ditahan.
Terdapat pengguna media sosial yang membandingkan tragedi itu dengan insiden Charlie Hebdo di Paris.
#chapelhillshooting turut menjadi platform mengucapkan takziah selain menyuarakan pendapat berhubung kejadian ini apatah lagi ketiadaan liputan dari organisasi media besar yang menjadi persoalan.

3 Muslim college students killed in cold blood. No media attention or outrage #MuslimLivesMatter #ChapelHillShooting pic.twitter.com/FuCN3XAkA3

— Diana (@lunarnomad) February 11, 2015
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Apparently the newsworthiness of a Muslim involved in a shooting depends on whether he's at the 'right' end of the gun. #ChapelHillShooting

— MM (@mediha_m) February 11, 2015
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3 Muslim Americans were murdered at a condo complex near UNC. It has been 8 hours & there is very little media coverage #ChapelHillShooting

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) February 11, 2015
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The same media outlets that never put their pens down after Charlie Hebdo attacks are now silent. #ChapelHillShooting

— Digital Abdullah (@Digitaleman) February 11, 2015
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Please, RT! Muslim lives matter, except for the MSM! #ChapelHillShooting via @MiddleEastMnt pic.twitter.com/G8v3cVv9PS

— Carlos Latuff (@LatuffCartoons) February 11, 2015
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Semasa hayat mereka, ketiga-tiga mangsa aktif dalam kerja-kerja amal seperti membantu gelandangan dan menyertai misi kemanusiaan Palestin.
##chapelhillshooting #Chapel Hill
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