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[17 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Who should decide?

The proposed mosque near Ground Zero is back in the headlines today and the debate brings up all the things I hate about politics. The media know it’s a highly emotive issue, easily sensationalised to create a multitude of negative emotions and cloud the bigger picture. The perfect storm before the mid-term elections. The right wing media will try, and achieve a level of success, in influencing people to vote based on how they feel about this one controversial issue, neglecting all the other balancing factors over the past two …