World Media Frame Oregon Standoff in Terms of Race, Terrorism

Several days into the standoff, the takeover of a national wildlife refuge by white, armed, anti-government protesters in Oregon is still front page news in the U.S. Abroad, it's been largely eclipsed by such stories as the Iran-Saudi rift and the release of a new Islamic State video. Still, some international media see the story as offering a glimpse into the fraught issues of race and terrorism in the U.S. “If they were Muslims, the word used would be ‘terrorists’ and it...

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