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In this NewsBusters column, Tim Graham argues that establishment media outlets are too quick to blame conservative rhetoric for violence against Muslims while ignoring inflammatory rhetoric from left-wing or Islamist-aligned figures.
- Graham opens by discussing the San Diego Islamic Center attack, where two teenagers reportedly killed three men before killing themselves.
- He criticizes The New York Times for framing the attack as part of a broader rise in “Islamophobia” and tying that rise to “anti-Muslim rhetoric on the right.”
- Graham argues that phrases such as “inevitable result” allow journalists to imply causation between conservative speech and violence without proving it.
- He compares this framing to past media efforts to connect Sarah Palin’s political rhetoric to the shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords.
- The column says criticism of Islam, Islamic extremism, or Muslim-majority governments that restrict religious freedom should not automatically be labeled “Islamophobia.”
- Graham accuses The New York Times of worrying about “vitriol” against figures such as Zohran Mamdani and Ilhan Omar while not applying the same concern to threats and assassination attempts against President Trump.
- He also criticizes media outlets for relying on CAIR as an authority on anti-Muslim discrimination while downplaying or ignoring controversial statements by CAIR leadership after the October 7 Hamas attack.
- PBS News Hour is also faulted for quoting a CAIR official about anti-Muslim bigotry without challenging the group’s record or rhetoric.
- Graham concludes that journalists who want to “lower the temperature” should stop linking nonviolent conservative speech to violence while overlooking hateful rhetoric from their preferred sources.
Read the full story: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/05/22/column-when-elitist-press-sounds-invested-islamophobia
