▁would ▁often ▁consist ▁of ▁excess ive ▁mention ing ▁of ▁Al - Q a ida ▁and ▁the ▁Tal ib an , ▁mist re at ment ▁of ▁women , ▁the ▁rec ruit ment ▁of ▁terror ists , ▁etc . ▁These ▁are ▁in ▁fact ▁very ▁real ▁occurr ences ▁that ▁are ▁present ▁in ▁this ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁but ▁primarily ▁foc using ▁on ▁activities ▁of ▁radical ▁groups ▁could ▁lead ▁others ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁one ▁s ided ▁view ▁of ▁Islam . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁completed ▁a ▁study ▁to ▁examine ▁newsp apers ’ ▁coverage ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁compared ▁to ▁C athol ics , ▁Jews , ▁and ▁H ind us . ▁The ▁study ▁first ▁established ▁a ▁bas eline ▁for ▁neutral ity ▁by ▁analyz ing ▁ 4 8 , 0 0 0 ▁newsp apers ▁from ▁various ▁US ▁newsp apers ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Next ▁the ▁study ▁analyz ed ▁ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁articles ▁of ▁which ▁about ▁ 2 8 % ▁mentioned ▁“ Mus lim ” ▁or ▁“ I sl am ”, ▁about ▁ 4 1 % ▁that ▁mentioned ▁“ C atholic ”, ▁about ▁ 2 9 % ▁that ▁mentioned ▁“ J ew ”, ▁and ▁about ▁ 2 % ▁that ▁mentioned ▁“ H indu ”. ▁This ▁study ▁found ▁that ▁ 7 8 % ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁articles ▁that ▁mentioned ▁“ Mus lim ” ▁or ▁“ I sl am ” ▁were ▁negative ▁in ▁comparison ▁” with ▁only ▁ 4 0