By Daniel Simpson
“If It Walks Like A Duck…”
On the afternoon of November 5th, mere hours after the Fort Hood shootings, major media outlets were already scrambling to downplay Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s Muslim faith. ABC’s Martha Raddatz declared: “As for the suspect, Nidal Hasan…I wish his name was Smith.” Newsweek’s Evan Thomas said: “I cringe that he ‘s a Muslim, I think he’s probably just a nut case.” The media immediately embraced the “politically correct” view that Hasan was not an Islamic terrorist, but rather a pitiable man who snapped …