Yesterday, the media reported that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau , the man allegedly responsible for a horrifying shooting spree in and around the Canadian parliament , was a convert to Islam. News reports on the shooting then spent much of the day fixated on that unconfirmed fact — even though there is as yet no evidence that his religion was a motivation for his actions. M ore sensational coverage discussed dubious social-media connections to ISIS . These reports imply that because Zehaf-Bibeau was Muslim, jihad is the likely motivation for his attack. But at this stage, without any actual evidence, it...
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