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Media Bias: Bias, Bully, Distortion
Washington Post Maligns Hinduism, Calling American Women Victims of Hindu Mysticism

In a Sunday Washington DC edition of the newspaper, the Washington Post, on February 18, 1912, prints an article with the headline, “American Women Victims of Hindu Mysticism”. The article targets…

Perpetrator: The Washington Post
Washington, DC
Media Bias: Abuse, Bully, Distortion
The Detroit Times Insults Hindus, Calling Them Scum, Repeatedly, in the Same Article

The Detroit Times, in 1910, writes: “The dumping place for the scum of the orient and India is San Francisco. From this port the scum is distributed throughout California, Washington and Oregon. The…

Perpetrator: The Detroit Times
San Francisco, CA
Media Bias: Bias, Distortion
Article IN 1910, refers to Hindus as Scum of the orient.

The 1910 Detroit Times article calls Hindu immigrants "dirty" and the "worst type of immigrant" suggesting that they pollute American society. This a case of xenophobia and Hinduphobia as it…

Media Bias: Bias, Other
Puget Sound American Insinuates that Hindus are Invading the State

On September 16th, 1906, Puget Sound American, a newspaper in Bellingham, Washington state, writes a story with the headline, “Have We a Dusky Peril. Hindu Hordes Invading the State”. The brief of…

Perpetrator: Puget Sound American
Bellingham, WA
Media Bias: Bias, Distortion
WaPo Derides democratically elected Hindu leader as militant.

No mention of the terrorist leader's crimes is there in the corresponding article's title while the other article's title has already taken a clear opposing stance against the leader who is Hindu.