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| Advice to Improve the Al Qaida English Language Magazine (humor) |
| 2010-07-20 |
| Al-Qaida's new English-language magazine, Inspire, is not living up to its name. According to NPR, the month-old publication has failed to reach its target audience: young men trying to decide whether to join the jihad against the West. But it's nothing a team of media consultants can't fix. Here are a few tips they might offer: Get on the Web. News flash: The Second Caliphate is over. Glossy magazines are dying, and not in a good way...Go daily. It's been a month since Inspire launched, and we're still waiting for Issue No. 2. Here' a tip: Publish every day. There's no shortage of jihadi news. (Suicide bombings, fatwas, and beheadings are especially click-y.)...Lists. Lists get eyeballs. Suggestions: "Top 10 Albums Not To Listen To." "60 Peaceful Quranic Verses To Ignore." "15 Jihadis Under 15." And, of course, an annual "Best Mullahs" list. |
| Posted by:lord garth |