French Spree Shooter is a Muslim Named Mohammed Who Fought With the Taliban in Afghanistan. Other Than That He Fits The Media’s ‘Far-Right’ Profile Pe

"Typical of the commentary was this New York Times piece, and this article in Britain’s left-wing Guardian newspaper, both of which blamed President Nicolas Sarkozy for stoking anti-immigrant sentiment in a bid to draw voters from the right-wing National Front

Even nominally conservative-leaning papers appeared eager to embrace the “French Breivik” theme, with Britain’s Telegraph breathlessly reporting that the Toulouse shooter “may” have filmed the killings using a camera recommended by the Norwegian. And of course the BBC, which jumped on every emerging rumor, however weak, supported the “far-right” thesis.

Large sections of the media got this one spectacularly wrong, but don’t expect them to acknowledge that fact. Instead, look for them to move move seamlessly from the “far-right extremist” theme to asking what could have provoked Merah (post-traumatic shock broght on from his experiences in Afghanstan perhaps?)." [The PJ Tatler]