CBS Hypes Muslim Scouts 'Helping Others Erase Their Prejudices'

Matthew Balan | May 2, 2016
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

Jim Axelrod touted a Muslim Cub Scout den "dedicated to the idea of helping others erase their prejudices" on the 30 April 2016 edition of CBS Evening News. Axelrod spotlighted the unit's adult leader, who contended that "there is a natural overlap between Scouting and Islam." The journalist also featured two clips from President Obama's February 2016 visit to a mosque in Baltimore, Maryland, where he "met a group of young Muslim Cub Scouts." One such young scout lamented during the report that "especially what's going on now with media portrayal of Muslims, we need to put ourselves out as...normal people."

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