▁study ▁exam ining ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁articles ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁press ▁from ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁which ▁concluded ▁that ▁Muslim ▁view points ▁were ▁under re present ed ▁and ▁that ▁issues ▁involving ▁Muslim s ▁usually ▁dep icted ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁negative ▁light . ▁Such ▁port ray als , ▁according ▁to ▁Po ole , ▁include ▁the ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Islam ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁as ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁Western ▁security ▁and ▁values . ▁B enn ▁and ▁J aw ad ▁write ▁that ▁host ility ▁towards ▁Islam ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁are ▁" clos ely ▁linked ▁to ▁media ▁port ray als ▁of ▁Islam ▁as ▁bar bar ic , ▁ir r ational , ▁primitive ▁and ▁sex ist ." ▁ ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁various ▁instances ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁Muslim ▁community ▁are ▁often ▁mis re present ed ▁to ▁society , ▁mostly ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁cent ers ▁heavily ▁on ▁terror ism , ▁and ▁pain ts ▁Islam ▁with ▁a ▁very ▁broad ▁br ush . ▁This ▁is ▁something ▁that ▁is ▁seen ▁in ▁two ▁major ▁mag az ines , ▁News week ▁and ▁Time , ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁covering ▁relations ▁between ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Afghan istan ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁de cade . ▁Both ▁of ▁these ▁publications ▁distributed ▁twenty ▁leading ▁articles ▁that ▁dep icted ▁about ▁ 5 7 % ▁of ▁negative ▁coverage ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁current ▁events ▁in ▁Afghan istan , ▁about ▁ 3 7 % ▁neutral ▁coverage , ▁and ▁only ▁around ▁ 6 % ▁was ▁positive ▁information . ▁This ▁negative ▁content