News Coverage of Rumors about Obama’s Religion Wrongly Fuse Arab Ethnicity, Islam and Terrorism, Baylor Researchers Find

WACO, Texas - Despite reporters’ goal of objectivity, some broadcast accounts and articles about rumors that President Barack Obama is Muslim suggest that being an Arab or a Muslim automatically is “a sinister accusation,” according to a study by Baylor University researchers published online in the American Communication Journal. The article - “Barack Hussein Obama: Campaigning While (Allegedly) Muslim” - was written by Dr. Mia Moody, an assistant professor of journalism and media arts at Baylor University, and Aisha Tariq of Houston, who earned a master’s degree in international