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.
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 drescher@newsobserver.com. Or ask for publisher Orage Quarles at the main phone # for the News & Observer, (919) 829-4500.
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/n_o_subscribers_to_receive_islam_dvd
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_125969.html
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 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:
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 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?
Erik Ose is a veteran of Democratic campaigns in North Carolina and blogs at The Latest Outrage.
Contacts:
Orage Quarles, Publisher
oquarles@newsobserver.com
John Drescher, Executive Editor, SVP
drescher@newsobserver.com
Daniel Barkin, Deputy Managing Editor
dbarkin@newsobserver.com
Stephen Riley, Deputy Managing Editor
sriley@newsobserver.com
Steve Ford, Editorial Page
sford@newsobserver.com
Sabine Vollmer, Reporter
svollmer@newsobserver.com
Bridgette Lacy, Reporter
blacy@newsobserver.com
Danny Hooley, Broadcast Reporter
dhooley@newsobserver.com
Debra Boyette, Features Desk
dboyette@newsobserver.com
Reporters that usually cover Muslim Topics for the News and Observer:
yonat.shimron@newsobserver.com
ac.snow@newsobserver.com
scheshire@cfsnc.org
saeed.shah@guardian.co.uk
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