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Three Muslim students dead in North Carolina by shooting 

At a time when traditional media tend to caution, the digital media and social networking 

sites tend to be the opposite.

In the Chapel Hill near the University of North Carolina raised the killing of three Muslim students a wave of anger on social networking sites, prompting some to launch a number of Hashtags in English and Arabic, to express their disapproval of ignore the Western media for this incident. Muslim Americans and all Muslims have anger because no one is interested in this crime only after that has been circulating on Twitter, as well as of the slow response the Western media and the silence of politicians.  Even British newspaper was wondered whether the Western media will cover the murder of three Muslim-Americans in 

North Carolina students if Twitter did not exist?

These three who were killed, were one of the best people and everyone attests to their success and their love to do good. This video shows Barakat's sister talked about them.

Local media said that Craig Hicks turned himself into police after shooting victims.

Police assumed the preliminary investigation and it indicates that the killer named Craig Hicks killed three students shot to death after they entered in a dispute over a parking place. Police are still investigating the motive behind the crime. Victim's family says it was a hate crime and they were targeted because of their religion. However, what makes us believe that was a hate crime too, those comments that have been posted on his page in the social networking site (Facebook). In fact, yes, it's a hate crime, but the media did not recognize it due of bias against Muslims. I cannot believe that  the cause of killing three Muslims is just 

for parking dispute. It's kind of nonsense.  

 Countries, government, media and people need to recognize that acts of terrorism are not 

confined to one religion or one race. I strongly would like from the media to pay more attention, and more coverage of such this topic. 

As we see in this case, there is an ethical issue in the drafting of the news and reporting and the bias is very clear. One of the most important ethical issues in reporting and strategic communications is to be neutral not biased. The use of neutrality in the press requires a lot of training and guidance with a thorough understanding of the meaning of neutrality and how to apply it. 

To be unbiased, it means you don't have former ideas whether was pro or against any particular point, but to be fair and balanced. Objectivity and fairness are great concepts, but cannot be easily achieved.

Questions:

Should be reconsidered in the carrying of weapons in the United States Code?

How many people should be killed until the government understands what is happening?

Do you think that the cause of crime is the dispute over parking? Or is it a hate crime or kind of terrorism?

Can media be fair and impartial in reporting?