From Andijon to Bowling Green: Fabricated Terrorism in Uzbekistan and the United States

Kellyanne Conway's casual invocation of a make-believe massacre in Ohio shouldn't be dismissed simply as a slip of the tongue. Comparing Conway's lie to Uzbek propaganda tactics, Central Asia scholar Sarah Kendzior argues that the Bowling Green massacre should be viewed as a part of a broader initiative to demonize Muslims and create an alternate history of terrorist threat in America.