This is FYI...
Salaam Alaikum,
Saturday September 13th the News and Observer will be distributing a DVD to
their 160,000 subscribers entitled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against
the West" If anyone hasn't heard about this movie you can view the trailer
here.
I don't know about you but I do not remember any other time where a news
paper has ever sent out a DVD let alone one that his very biased and
portrays Islam as an extremist religion!!!!!!!
I find it quite appaling that this type of garbage would be sent out to
further instill fear into the public. It again puts innocent Muslims on the
defensive and makes them worry about backlash.
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**http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/trailer.php*<http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/trailer.php>
ACT NOW!!!!
I would encourage everyone to contact the N&O and voice their displeasure!
And pass the word along!!!!
If you'd like to let the executives at the Raleigh News & Observer know how
you feel about their participation in this shameless propaganda campaign,
Executive Editor John Drescher can be reached at (919) 829-4515, or *
dresc...@newsobserver.com* <dresc...@newsobserver.com>. Or ask for publisher
Orage Quarles at the main phone # for the News & Observer, (919) 829-4500.
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http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/n_o_subscribers_to_re...
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Further info can be found here:
*Pro-McCain Group Dumping 28 Million Terror Scare DVD's in Swing
States*<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-ose/pro-mccain-group-dumping_b_125...>
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-ose/pro-mccain-group-dumping_b_125...
*<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-ose/pro-mccain-group-dumping_b_125...>
Here in North Carolina, another battleground state that John McCain must win
to reach 270 electoral votes, 160,000 copies of the DVD are to be
distributed tomorrow by the state's leading newspaper.
The Raleigh News & Observer *reported
yesterday*<http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/n_o_subscribers_to_re...>on
its Under The Dome politics blog that the paper is preparing to bundle
copies of the DVD with this Saturday's newspapers. Jim McClure, vice
president of display advertising for The N&O, said the "ultimate decision"
to distribute the DVD's had been made by publisher Orage Quarles, and
compared the propaganda to harmless household samples.
"Obviously, we have distributed other product samples, whether it's
cereal or toothpaste," he said. He declined to say how much the agency
paid."
The News & Observer recently announced deep buyouts and layoffs for its
employees. It is owned by the struggling McClatchy news chain, which is
slashing newsroom jobs and pages at the papers it owns around the country.
Advertising revenues have plummeted during the ongoing economic downturn,
and it appears the paper is now auctioning off its journalistic integrity to
the highest bidder.
The paper's announcement touched off immediate criticism from *angry
subscribers*<http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/n_o_subscribers_to_re...>
:
A box of cereal? Toothpaste? Does a box of cereal or a tube of toothpaste
encourage me to look with hatred and suspicion on my law abiding
neighbors
who have a different religion than mine? Does cereal and
toothpaste lead to
pogroms, religious harassment, fear and intimidation? The
trailer for this
video is about hate, pure and simple, and shows the video has
only one goal
- to instill fear and hatred of neighbor against neighbor. If I
receive this
DVD in my paper, that day, after 22 years of receiving the N&O,
will be the
last day of my subscription.
Please, please reconsider this decision!
Although supposedly a 501 c(3) non-profit, this week the Clarion Fund's
website featured an article supporting John McCain. Yesterday, the
Patriot-News in PA
*reported*<http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/09/pennsylvanias_smok...>on
the DVD's showing up in Pennsylvania, and noted:
"On Wednesday, though, there was an article on the group's new Web site,
www.radicalislam.org, that backed Republican presidential candidate
John McCain. The article discusses both candidates and
concludes: "McCain's
policies seek to confront radical Islamic extremism and
terrorism and roll
it back while [Barack] Obama's, although intending to do the
same, could in
fact make the situation facing the West even worse."
According to Gregory Ross, director of communications for the Clarion Fund,
the article "crossed the line" and would be removed.
Where else exactly are these DVD's landing, and who's funding the Clarion
Fund?
If you'd like to let the executives at the Raleigh News & Observer know how
you feel about their participation in this shameless propaganda campaign,
Executive Editor John Drescher can be reached at (919) 829-4515, or *
dresc...@newsobserver.com* <dresc...@newsobserver.com>. Or ask for publisher
Orage Quarles at the main phone # for the News & Observer, (919) 829-4500.*
Erik Ose is a veteran of Democratic campaigns in North Carolina and blogs at
**The Latest Outrage* <http://thelatestoutrage.blogspot.com/>*.*
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