{"id":2442786,"date":"2025-06-04T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-want-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:02:24","slug":"media-want-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-want-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Want You To Feel Sorry For Terrorist\u2019s Family, Not Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-want-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2442786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques a piece written by Michael Loria for USA Today,which focuses on the daughter of Mohamed Sabry Soliman,a radical Islamist who attacked Jewish demonstrators in Boulder,Colorado,resulting in numerous injuries. The article argues that Loria&#8217;s writing redirects sympathy towards the terrorist&#8217;s daughter,Habiba Soliman,instead of the victims of her father&#8217;s actions. It highlights how the narrative prioritizes the potential deportation of Habiba, who is portrayed as an innocent victim of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-slaps-mayorkas-with-subpoena-over-documents-on-catch-and-release-immigrants\/\" title=\"Jordan subpoenas Mayorkas for &#039;catch...and...release&#039; immigrant documents\">harsh immigration policies<\/a>, while neglecting to profile those hurt in the attack.The author, Brianna Lyman, suggests that this approach serves to make immigration enforcement appear cruel and unjust, rather than addressing the serious nature of the terrorist act. The article reflects on how media narratives can shift focus away from actual victims to those connected to perpetrators, raising concerns about journalistic priorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MEMRIReports\/status\/1930166160705691912\">  Memri\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/usa-today-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-his-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=USA%20Today%20Wants%20You%20To%20Feel%20Sorry%20For%20Terrorist%E2%80%99s%20Family,%20Not%20His%20Victims&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/usa-today-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-his-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=USA%20Today%20Wants%20You%20To%20Feel%20Sorry%20For%20Terrorist%E2%80%99s%20Family,%20Not%20His%20Victims&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/usa-today-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-his-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/usa-today-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-his-victims\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=USA%20Today%20Wants%20You%20To%20Feel%20Sorry%20For%20Terrorist%E2%80%99s%20Family,%20Not%20His%20Victims&amp;body=This%20kind%20of%20'journalism'%20is%20not%20meant%20to%20inform%20--%20it%20is%20meant%20to%20redirect%20sympathy.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/usa-today-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-terrorists-family-not-his-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, the great Norm Macdonald offered a satirical but prophetic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/normmacdonald\/status\/809637479674281984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observation<\/a> on Twitter: &ldquo;What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was a joke, of course, but one that exemplifies an uncomfortable truth about media priorities. In the aftermath of violence caused by radical Islamists, the propaganda press seems less interested in the victims of the attack than in the potential consequences for those connected to the perpetrator. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1110858911\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Less than ten years later, Macdonald&rsquo;s satire has taken on literal form.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, USA Today propagandist Michael Loria argued that Americans should feel sorry for Habiba Soliman, the daughter of the radical Islamist terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman. Soliman, an illegal alien, set Jewish demonstrators on fire in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Two dozen were injured, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. But according to Loria, the <em>real<\/em> tragedy here is that Soliman&rsquo;s daughter might be deported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Boulder suspect&rsquo;s daughter dreamed of studying medicine,&rdquo; Loria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/06\/03\/boulder-suspects-daughter-deported\/84017946007\/?taid=683ffd142e9f3e0001065c33&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Now she faces deportation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Loria didn&rsquo;t do a single profile on any of the victims &mdash; or their families.<\/p>\n<p>But never mind the innocent demonstrators who were calling for the release of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, because the <em>real<\/em> victim here is Habiba, according to Loria. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Prior to the attack, Habiba Soliman had written about her hope of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >accomplishing great things<\/a> in the U.S.,&rdquo; Loria wrote. &ldquo;She won [a] scholarship and was profiled in the Colorado newspaper where she shared her dream of a &lsquo;future medical career&rsquo; in the U.S.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead,&rdquo; Loria laments, &ldquo;the White House said on X on Tuesday that Mohamed Soliman&rsquo;s wife and five children &lsquo;could be deported by tonight.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Loria went on to rave about how Habiba volunteered at a local hospital and that she was among 20 winners of the &ldquo;Best and Brightest&rdquo; scholarship award. Loria dedicated an entire section to Habiba &ldquo;overcoming challenges&rdquo; like entering the United States, learning to speak English, and making friends. Now, as Loria laments, all that &ldquo;hard work&rdquo; may be for naught, as the Trump administration rightfully seeks to deport Habiba and her family. But deporting the family of a radical Islamist terrorist is not only justified &mdash; it&rsquo;s necessary. A sovereign nation has the right and obligation to remove individuals who may present a danger to Americans and the American way of life.<\/p>\n<p>But this kind of &ldquo;journalism&rdquo; is not meant to inform &mdash; it is meant to redirect sympathy. It is to make immigration enforcement appear cruel by dismissing or omitting the crimes themselves. <\/p>\n<p>In Loria&rsquo;s telling, Habiba isn&rsquo;t the daughter of a would-be mass murderer who was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-will-work-with-feds-on-immigration-crackdown-hochul-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New York will work with feds on immigration crackdown: Hochul ... Washington Examiner\">country illegally &#038;mdash<\/a>; she&rsquo;s the misunderstood protagonist in a morality play about America&rsquo;s harsh immigration laws. That Soliman&rsquo;s actions were not only violent but terroristic is merely the backdrop. The real story is a poor girl whose future may be disrupted.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Illegal Immigration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/islamist-terrorism\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Islamist terrorism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Jewish<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/muslim\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Muslim<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/norm-macdonald\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Norm MacDonald<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/propaganda-press\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">propaganda press<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/radical-islam\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">radical islam<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/terrorist-attack\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">terrorist attack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, Norm Macdonald humorously warned on Twitter about the potential backlash against peaceful Muslims if ISIS were to cause mass casualties. His satire highlighted media&#8217;s focus on the consequences for those related to perpetrators rather than the victims themselves. Recently, USA Today&#8217;s Michael Loria expressed sympathy for Habiba Soliman, daughter of a terrorist who attacked Jewish demonstrators in Colorado, while neglecting to profile any victims. Loria portrayed Habiba as a victim of harsh immigration laws instead of acknowledging her father&#8217;s violent actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2442787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CO-suspect-vid-scaled-e1749050176519.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[36255,56521,47970,6039,47467],"class_list":["post-2442786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-mediabias","tag-newscritique","tag-publicperception","tag-terrorism","tag-victimadvocacy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CO-suspect-vid-scaled-e1749050176519.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442790,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442786\/revisions\/2442790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}