CNN Newspeak in Atlanta: Honor Killing=Cultural Misunderstanding
Pakistani=South Asian; Muslim=Holy Man/Victim

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
July 9, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/314/cnn-honor-killing-cultural-misunderstanding

Excerpt:

Good afternoon dear people!

Well, this time, the mainstream media is actually beginning to cover the honor murder in Atlanta. I do not understand why they never covered the honor murder of the Said sisters in Dallas about which I have previously written many times at this blogsite. But–in only a matter of days, CNN not only wrote about it; they also turned to an alleged expert who says that honor murders are no different than domestic violence cases world-wide.

On July 9th, CNN posted a piece HERE about the Atlanta case in which a Pakistani man has been charged with killing his 25-year old daughter. CNN turned to Columbia University Associate Dean of multicultural affairs, Ajay Nair, who is quoted as saying:

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