NBC, CNN Blame France for ‘Disenfranchisement’ and ‘Isolation’ of Muslims

Kyle Drennen | July 15, 2016
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On Friday’s Today, NBC terror analyst Michael Leiter partly blamed France for Thursday’s terrorist attack in the resort town of Nice: “The French really do have a disenfranchised Muslim population...which has become extremely isolated. And even France’s efforts to allow for the free expression of religion has, I think arguably in some cases, produced more isolation and more radicalization.”

In the 2 p.m. ET hour of CNN Newsroom, anchor Brooke Baldwin teed up senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir to make an identical argument: “Make your point again for people who are just joining us. The notion is, we covered the terror attacks in Paris last November and we've talked about the disenfranchised Muslim community in that part of the country.”