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This top 10 list is an insight look at the differences in media coverage and popular perception of terrorism based of the cultural background of the terrorist. From a blog typically focused on the MiddleEast, history and religion, you can imagine why the somewhat perplexed at how the terrorist attack on the a Sikh temple is being presented in the media and how Americans conceptualize this type of attack. Just to share one in the top ten: “White terrorists are [portrayed as] ‘troubled loners.’ Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.”  

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