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AP Says It Will Not Distribute Photos Of Burning Korans
It’s official. Pastor Jones and his 30 followers have hijacked the newscycle. After nine years of managing to calmly and respectfully mark the anniversary of 9/11 the nation appears to have suddenly...
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Gibbs: There Are More People At Jones’ Pressers Than Listen To His Sermons
In the press briefing today Robert Gibbs was asked by Wendell Goler whether he thinks Pastor Jones and his “flock” are getting more attention than they deserve. Gibbs was measured in his response, but...
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Fox News Says It Will Not Cover Burning Of Koran (UPDATE)
While many have condemned the planned Koran burning by Pastor Terry Jones and Hillary Clinton went so far as to ask the media to stop covering it. It seems that Fox News is the only network that has...
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If It’s San Bruno That’s Burning And Not The Koran, Will The Cable Nets Notice?
The breaking news email alert came in from CNN: “State of emergency declared in San Bruno, California, after massive gas explosion and fire.” Thing is, it came in at 2:54 a.m. Here’s when I first heard...
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Revisiting Colin Powell’s Prescient Analysis Of Allegations Surrounding...
It seems like it was eons ago, but one of the biggest moments in the 2008 presidential election came when Colin Powell, the military hero and former Secretary of State under George W. Bush, endorsed...
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Koran Burning Coverage: Turns Out Fox News Had It Right
In the last few days the cable newsers (and websites that, ahem, cover cable newsers) have been rather obsessive in their coverage of the “Burn a Koran Day” spectacle planned by Florida Minister Terry...
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Newt Gingrich: If Obama Opposed Koran Burning Why Won’t He Oppose NYC Mosque?
Newt Gingrich wants to know how come President Obama was so willing to speak out against the nutjob pastor in Florida who wanted to burn the Koran but won’t come out and say he thinks the lower...
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Jon Stewart Equates Imam Rauf’s Alleged “Threats” To GOP Rhetoric Of Past...
On the day that a glowing magazine profile on Jon Stewart came out, The Daily Show host did not disappoint the presumed handful of New York readers who tuned in last night having just learned about the...
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AP Iraq Guidelines: ‘To Begin With, Combat In Iraq Is Not Over’
AP press releases have provided some fascinating reading of late — between banning the use of the term ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ and refusing to provide images of burning Korans it’s almost like watching...
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The ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Koran Burner Has Been Fired
The man who thought it was a good idea to set a Koran on fire near the proposed Lower Manhattan mosque on September 11 has been fired from his New Jersey Transit job. From the Daily News: Derek...
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That Pastor Who Wanted To Burn The Koran Just Got Banned From England
Hey, remember Terry Jones? I’m talking about the Florida pastor who took the news cycle hostage last summer by threatening to burn some holy books, an event which could have seriously hurt relations...
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Koran-Burning Pastor Denies Claims He Prompted U.N. Afghanistan Murders
Pastor Terry Jones, who took advantage of the rapidfire late summer news cycle to become famous for burning Korans last year, has come out strongly against claims that he is directly responsible for...
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MSNBC’s Hardball Guest Tries To Explain Why Burning The Koran is Worse Than...
On Friday’s edition of Hardball, my friend Chuck Todd filled in for host Chris Matthews, and took a look at the implications of a deadly riot that was allegedly inspired by Pastor Terry Jones‘ recent...
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Limbaugh: ‘The Koran Gets Burned All The Time When Muslims Blow Each Other Up...
As the fall out from attention-loving, Koran-burning Pastor Someone McImnotsayinghisname continues in the Middle East, everyone is having their say on the situation. Today on his radio show, Rush...
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Limbaugh Slams Mediaite After Misreading Story About Burning Of Koran And...
On Sunday, Mediaite published an article in which I was critical of Time Magazine World Editor Bobby Ghosh for statements that he made on Friday’s edition of Hardball. Ghosh explained why burning the...
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Rush Limbaugh ‘Apologizes’ To Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher
Earlier today, we reported that right-wing radio giant Rush Limbaugh completely bungled the task of reading Tommy Christopher‘s critique of a Hardball segment comparing the Qu’ran to the Bible. Later...
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Bill O’Reilly: FL Pastor Terry Jones ‘Idiot’ Has ‘Blood On His Hands’ Over...
“Everyone involved this story is disgusting”– it’s a line most in the media keep for very particular stories, usually involving John Edwards or a Kardashian sister. Tonight, Bill O’Reilly hauled it out...
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Stephen Colbert Solves Koran-Burning Problem By Becoming The Holy Book’s Best...
If so many horrible things can happen when you do something bad to a Koran, then doesn’t that mean that truly awesome things can happen when you’re nice to it? That’s the logic Stephen Colbert was...
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CNN’s Will Cain Tussles With Sen. Dick Durbin Over Alleged GOP War On Islam
On CNN’s Starting Point Monday morning, Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin sparred with commentator Will Cain over the Koran burnings and the Republican presidential contender’s reaction to the...
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Rush: Maybe It’s Time To Bring Our Troops Home And Say The Hell With Afghanistan
After the recent violent outcry over the accidental burning of Korans in Afghanistan, Rush Limbaugh harangued President Obama’s apology over the incident and lamented the decision by NATO to put the...
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