Al Jazeera's Mehdi Hasan Blasts The Media For Lopsided Coverage Of Islamic Terrorism

The host of Al Jazeera English's UpFront, Mehdi Hasan, made news earlier this month when, during an interview with Blackwater founder (and brother of Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos), Erik Prince, Prince basically admitted to lying to Congress over a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower.

Hasan was rightfully lauded as an example for western journalists, who, far too often, give those in positions of power like Prince a pass, rather than doing their homework and asking tough follow up questions as we saw Hasan do during the Prince interview.

MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid brought Hasan on to discuss the recent massacre in New Zealand this Sunday and the current political climate which is tragically being fostered by “the world's most prominent Islamaphobe” Donald Trump.

As Hasan noted, “it is easy to condemn the far right nut case,” but dealing with the “soil and what's been created, the culture of demonization, of fear, of incitement from main stream columnists, pundits, TV hosts, and politicians” is another matter entirely.