Subhead:Reporters thought they had caught out Pauline Hanson with a ‘gotcha’ question, but all it did was show how bad they are at their own job.#
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This week, the mainstream media tried their best to corner One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson over her call to ban the burqa for security reasons. I watched it unfold, and honestly, it was a perfect example of how the media misses the point entirely.
Reporters parroted politician lines, smugly asking Hanson if she was aware of any incident in Australia where somebody has worn a burqa during a criminal act? The ABC went full force, trying to paint her concern as nothing more than headline-grabbing theatrics.
But here’s the reality the media conveniently ignores. Armed thugs in Queensland have used burqas to rob a jewellery store in Calamvale. They stormed in, guns drawn, their identities hidden completely. That wasn’t an isolated case either. In Melbourne, a woman walked past an armed robber at a Subway in Croydon on a Saturday afternoon, wearing Muslim headwear as a disguise.
