Man With a Stone Heart Is Ordered to Get Stoned to Death by xodanibanani
Having a baby is admittedly one of the most exciting moments in couples’ lives. The whole family becomes just as excited as the couples from the minute they see the word “pregnant” or two solid lines on the pregnancy test. From that point forward, everyone starts planning, picking out names, making the nursery, and going crazy as they shop for everything in pink or blue. While that may be the case for most couples, not all couples will be able to have that same experience. For some couples, the challenge doesn’t begin during pregnancy, but rather, actually getting pregnant. While there are many other methods to become parents in addition to the “natural way”, in one particular news story, it seems as though such alternative methods may come with twisted and heartless intentions.
According to the The New York Times, which covered such heartbreaking story, a man named Mallah Landay (pictured above), a con artist who has tricked several women, who are unable to bear children and made them believe that he was a “healer” who could help them conceive a child. Ultimately, when he revealed to the victims that he didn’t have the “healing powers” after all, he convinced them that their last resort was for him to have sex with the victims because of his “magical sperm”. This, in turn, shows just how sick and twisted Landay is, because he took advantage of these vulnerable women who just wanted to be able to experience the beauty of carrying a child, as women are anatomically designed to do so.
The New York Times continues on with the story in great depth, however, after conducting further research, it was revealed that The New York Times withheld a vital piece of information regarding this case, which, in turn, establishes the clear presence of bias through selection and omission in their news article. According to The Hindustan Times, an English-language Indian newspaper, in which the newspaper covers the same issue, it is revealed that in addition to the fact that Landay has been known to wrongfully pose as a “healer” and has victimized several women, the Indian newspaper additionally revealed that religious leaders have ordered his execution, after Landay went on the run, in which he would be stoned to death (a punishment that I believe he so rightly deserves), which The New York Times failed to address. In an attempt to understand why The New York Times may have omitted such a crucial fact about this story, perhaps it could be inferred that their article was written prior to the announcement of Landay’s ordered execution. However, according to The Hindustan Times, their respective article was actually published on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, which is exactly twelve days before The New York Time’s publication. Thus, this then proves that The New York Times would indeed have had an adequate amount of time to formulate their story while including this vital detail. However, even with this twelve-day time frame prior to their publication, they still did not include such detail into their article. Though I am not an expert when it comes to journalism and bias, I feel that it is possible that The New York Times may have chosen to omit this vital piece of information because The New York Times is considered to be liberal, and after conducting further research, it was discovered that liberals do not approve of the death penalty. Because of this distinctive fact, it has lead me to believe that this may be a possible reason as to why The New York Times may have made the decision to omit the information regarding Landay’s death order.
While the fact that Landay’s death order may not have been initially mentioned in The New York Times article, I personally think that it was just nice to know that there is an intent in punishing him for his actions, even though I had to do further digging to find out. Landay is clearly someone who has a heart made of stone, which in my opinion, validates the fittingness of stoning him to death and justifies the violation of these poor women.
References:
1. Original NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/world/asia/afghanistan-rasool-landay-childless-women-scam.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&action=click&contentCollection=todayspaper®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
2. https://news.gallup.com/poll/14050/who-supports-death-penalty.aspx
(liberals do not support the death penalty)
3. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-times/
4. Landay’s Picture: https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/naming-taliban-chief-seen-dimming-obamas-hopes-afghan-104442018.html