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Remembrance Sunday is not even 24 hours’ gone.  Yet already we are again seeing how the nature of “our” media’s coverage of wars in which our soldiers are involved has changed from an emphasis on our troops’ determination to face down and destroy the enemies of freedom:

. . . to now casually propagandizing for the enemies of freedom:

Notice especially how ITN provides us readers with no location, no context, and, most importantly, no photographer credit.  So as to the source for that “news photo”, which is used to illustrate ITN’s coverage of another attack undertaken against non-combatants (this time on a bus), your guess is as good as mine.  Indeed, that photo is even more distasteful given that today it is reported that four British troops were killed yesterday in Iraq . . . quite likely by “allies” of those ITN chooses to immortalize above. 

[Slow clapping and sarcastic tone] Bravo ITN!. . .

Keep those cheering, happy enemies’ photos a-coming!:

. . . Oh, yes!  Bravo!

Religious scholar and social historian Sir Elton John, quoted by The BBC:

…”I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people,” he said. “Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays.”…

…According to the singer-songwriter, 59, his solution would be to “ban religion completely, even though there are some wonderful things about it”…

…”organised religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it’s not really compassionate.”…

However, Gordon Brown, the likely future prime minister, has already made it clear that any attacks on Islam will not be tolerated:

…”"Any preaching of religious or racial hatred will offend mainstream opinion in this country.

“We have got to do whatever we can to root it out from whatever quarter it comes…

Also on the mainstream opinion front, Sky reports:

One of the Church of England’s most senior figures has joined the Muslim veil row by suggesting it “does not conform to norms of decency”.

The Archbishop of York has questioned whether Muslim women should expect public acceptance for wearing the veil in Britain…

…”I think the thing is in British society you can wear what you want, but you can’t expect British society to be reconfigured around you.

“No minority can expect to impose this on the public or civic life.”

A “Rwandan nun”?  A “Catholic nun”?  No, no those must be typos. Reuters really probably meant to term her “a woman“.