CNN Touts Liberal’s Film Targeting Supposed ‘Ignorance Surrounding Islam’
February 28, 2011 No Comment
On Monday's Newsroom, CNN's Don Lemon helped film director Qasim Basir promote his new film “Mooz-lum,” which he hopes will ” clear up some of this ignorance ” about Muslims and their religion. Basir, whose last project “aimed at supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama,” claimed that ” in an average person's mind, who does not know anybody that's Muslim, it's like you see Muslim, you think terrorist .” Anchor Suzanne Malveaux introduced Lemon's segment, which ran 39 minutes into the 12 pm Eastern hour, as part of her network's “What Matters” series, which is a partnership with Essence magazine . Malveaux played up the film's “strong African-American cast and director,” and stated that her colleague “sat down with the director Qasim Basir to talk about the movie, and the state of Muslims in America.” An on-screen graphic signaled the primary focus of Lemon's interview: ” Religion + Intolerance: Don Lemon, Qasim Bair discuss 'Mooz-lum .'” Basir's “average person” claim led the segment and he continued with how he hoped to combat this supposed viewpoint: BASIR: In an average person's mind, who does not know anybody that's Muslim, it's like you see Muslim, you think terrorist. You hear terrorist, you think Muslim, and what we're trying to do with this film is separate the two, and get people to realize there are Muslims and there are terrorists. There are extremists. There are people that do horrible things, and then there are Muslims. Instead of asking why many people might think that way, or citing examples of Islamist terrorism, the CNN correspondent followed up by asking, “Why should I see this movie?” The director answered by making his first claim about “ignorance” about Islam and Muslims: BASIR: Because, most likely, it is a view that you have not seen before of Muslims in America, and given what we're facing today, the amount of ignorance surrounding Muslims and Islam, I feel it's necessary for people to see this, and for people to say, like, you know, I've never looked at it that way before. After playing a brief clip from the movie, where two veiled Muslim women are cornered by a mob armed with hockey sticks (part of the same scene is shown 22 seconds into the teaser trailer for the film ), Basir continued that ” this ignorance is what creates fear, and fear, there's so much more that happens when that is in the picture. So, we're just trying to erase, clear up some of this ignorance .” Lemon threw a softball at a director in his final question: ” So Tariq is a character. Is he kind of like you? Is it semi-autobiographical? Did you experience some of the things that he does? ” After he gave his answer, Malveaux came back and complimented the movie: ” Looks like a great film .” Basir's own personal website notes his strong support of Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign and the amount of effort he took to get him elected: Next Qasim went on to create a short film series aimed at supporting Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The series, The Inspiration of Barack: “Yes We Can” Film Series , is a compilation of seven short films all dealing with different people who become inspired by Obama to take essential steps forward in their lives …he took the series to theaters around the country, urging attendees to get involved with the Obama campaign . “My whole purpose is to help change the world. Obama getting in office will be a huge step in that direction .” Besides this film series, the director voiced his support for Obama on Huffington Post. In a November 3, 2008 post , Basir went so far to claim that the Democrat needed to be elected because Republican candidate John McCain would become a second Ronald Reagan: All you have to do is look back forty years ago….There were movements ranging from anti-war, black power, women's rights, sexual revolution, etc. It was a time when the American people realized that it was not only OK to question government, but it was our right. Those who lived it can speak on it much better. But for those of us who didn't, all we have to compare it to is the movement of now…. The protests, marches, sit in's, etc. got us very far in terms of this countries progress, but they scared the right & center so much that they also got us Reagan. We won't let this happen again . This time we are not scared, more people than ever understand exactly what has to happen. That we cannot afford to let the progression of this movement end with another Reagan, or in this case, McCain . As you might expect, CNN didn't mention any of this about Basir during the segment, and the director helped them revisit their months-old charge that Islamophobia is now “mainstream” in America . — Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here .
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Torn between the 7-inch and 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab ? Well, it looks like Samsung is about to solve that problem for you come March 22nd. According to an invite making the rounds, the Samsung Mobile team is planning to hold a Mobile Unpacked event at CTIA in Orlando, and as the graphic suggests, the focus will be a new sized Tab. We’re assuming it will be an 8.9-inch version, since the invite shows an 8 and 9 flanked by a 7 and 10. That sure lines up with what we’ve heard before, but we have to admit, it does seems like a lot of tablet offerings for one company. For some odd reason, we haven’t received this invitation yet, but we’re assuming we’re invited (obviously, it’s not a party without Engadget!) and thus will be there covering all the action live. Stay tuned. Samsung’s 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab likely to launch at CTIA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …After John Galliano’s alleged anti-Semitic rant and subsequent arrest, the British fashion designer filed a defamation claim against the couple accusing him. But he may have a harder time defending himself now, because it turns out he was caught on video saying, among other things, “I love Hitler.” It’s not…
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If you’ve been following the seemingly-massive Gmail outage , you’ll know that it’s actually not as massive as it sounds. Google’s revised its estimate again to say that only “0.02% of Google Mail users” — roughly about 38,000 by our calculations — were affected by the issue in total, claims that a full third of them have already had access restored, and expects the issue “to be resolved for everyone within 12 hours.” As to the fate of years worth of email, Google reps wouldn’t say, but promised us that engineers are working “as quickly as possible” to see the data restored as well. Keep hanging on, folks. Google restores Gmail access to one-third of affected users originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Insulating Your Body Is Cheaper And More Effective Than Insulating Your Home
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Jimmy Carter in his Famous Cardigan Sweater Jimmy Carter was right; when it is cold, the first thing you should do is put on a sweater. He was ridiculed at the time, being Jimmy Carter and all, but the fact of the matter is, until very recent times, the best place to insulate was against your own skin. Kris De Decker of always wonderful Low Tech Magazine , looks at the issue of clothing as in… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The iconic E.T. ending scene. Image: Wikimedia . Last night, living rooms across the country tuned into the 83rd Academy Awards , and green wasn’t excluded from the red carpet, with stars everywhere contributing to green causes and environmental documentari… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …Planned Parenthood to Spend $200k for TV Ads Promoting Planned & Wanted Taxpayer Funding
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**Written by Doug Powers For those of you keeping score at home, this amount of money is the equivalent of about 1.2 million packages of Ramen noodles. Jim Geraghty at NRO: In Mike Allen’s morning newsletter, we learn Planned Parenthood will spend $200,000 on television ads, urging Congress to not cut federal funding for Planned Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Michelle Malkin Discovery Date : 28/02/2011 18:22 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Hawks fill blueline hole with Campoli Needing depth on the blue line, the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks made a trade Monday afternoon with the Ottawa Senators to acquire puck-moving defenseman Chris Campoli. The Blackhawks will send center Ryan Potulny plus one of their three 2011 second-round draft picks to the Senators for Campoli as well as a conditional seventh-round pick in 2012. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Hawks go down to wire, get defenseman Campoli from Ottawa Ottawa’s Chris Campoli, here making a pass against the Blackhawks on Jan. 7, will join them for their playoff push. The Hawks acquired Campoli on Monday before the NHL trade deadline. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Blackhawks Trade For Chris Campoli Hey, that’s right, today is the trade deadline in the NHL, and with Nick Boynton being banished, and Jordan Hendry being hurt, the Hawks needed to add at least one defenseman to the roster today. And they have. It was just announced on Monday afternoon that the Blackhawks traded for defenseman Chris Campoli of the Ottawa Senators. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) 2011 NHL Trade Deadline: Blackhawks acquire Chris Campoli from Ottawa Looks like the Chicago Blackhawks have shored up their defense by sending a 2011 second round draft pick and F Ryan Potulny to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for D Chris Campoli and a conitional 7th-round draft pick. The North York native has just 14 points in 58 games this year and has a -3 +/- rating. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Sens Deal Chris Campoli (UPDATE 3:03 PM)- No last minute deals coming through for the Senators. They are done for the day. (UPDATE 2:36 PM)- Conditional 2nd round pick is definitely a second rounder. Apparently it will be one of the Hawks three 2nd round picks. They also have Calgary’s and Atlanta’s. With last night’s Chris Phillips signing, the writing was on the wall for Campoli. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Blackhawks add Campoli to blue-line The Chicago Blackhawks added defensive depth for a playoff push ahead of Monday’s NHL trade deadline, dealing for Chris Campoli of the Ottawa Senators. Besides Campoli, the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks are also said to be receiving a conditional seventh-round pick for centre Ryan Potulny and a reported 2011 second-rounder in this summer’s entry draft. Chicago entered Monday’s action in seventh spot in the Western Conference standings with 72 points. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Senators deal Campoli, grab a goalie The Ottawa Senators have pried a conditional second-round pick and a minor-league player out of the Chicago Blackhawks for defenceman Chris Campoli. The Senators got a conditional second-round pick and minor leaguer Ryan Potulny in return for Campoli, who was widely rumoured as trade bait in recent weeks. Also going to Chicago is a seventh-round draft pick from the Sens. Campoli or fellow D-man Filip Kuba had to be moved after the club signed defenceman Chris Phillips as the Senators shed salary and veterans in an effort to begin rebuilding the team. Campoli said he hadn’t heard about the deal and was waiting for confirmation. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Report: Senators deal Campoli to Chicago The Ottawa Senators have traded defenceman Chris Campoli to the Chicago Blackhawks for a draft choice and a player. The ‘Hawks are said to be giving up their second-round pick in the 2011 draft as well as 26-year-old centre Ryan Potulny, who had 22 goals and 27 assists in 116 NHL games for Edmonton, Philadelphia and Chicago. The Senators will apparently give Chicago a conditional seventh round pick as well as Campoli. ( Read Chris Campoli more… ) Related Searches : ryan potulny, chicago blackhawks, tsn.ca, new jersey devils, nhl Courtesy : FOX News , Daily Herald , Foul Balls , The Ceap Sheats , Sens Chirp , CBC Sports.ca , Toronto Sun , Otttawa Citizen
Continue reading …Lou Lamoriello says Devils are better with David Steckel than Jason Arnott General manager Lou Lamoriello boldly proclaimed that the Devils are better today with David Steckel in their lineup than they were with Jason Arnott and said he hasn’t given up on making the playoffs. “Exactly the opposite,” Lamoriello said in a conference call when I asked if he had given up on this season. “Not even a question. “We will continue to do what we have done, which is take one day at a time and give it a try. Just play a game at a time. Let the end result take care of itself.” ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) Jason Arnott Traded To Washington Capitals For David Steckel, Second Round Pick The Capitals get their second-line center by acquiring veteran Jason Arnott from the Devils in exchange for David Steckel and a second round draft pick. Update: Washington Capitals Trade Second Round Pick With David Steckel To Get Jason Arnott After initial reports that today’s trade deadline deal between the New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals was a straight up swap of David Steckel and Jason Arnott, we now know that there’s a bit more to it. The Capitals have thrown in a 2012 second round pick along with Steckel, beefing up the return for the Devils. Our Devils blog, In Lou We Trust, is happy with the return. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) New Jersey Devils Trade Jason Arnott to Washington Capitals for David Steckel & 2012 Second Round Pick The move seals a short tenure for Arnott in New Jersey. He was acquired last summer in a trade with Nashville in exchange for New Jersey’s second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and prospect Matt Halischuk. Based on the initial reports, the only deal that would work trade Arnott, an impending unrestricted free agent in this coming summer, was to take back a player: center David Steckel of the Capitals. Then as I was initially typing this, it came out that the Devils get Washington’s second round pick in the draft along with Steckel. While the Devils have added salary to their cap with Steckel, $1.1 million/year for the next two seasons per CapGeek, I’m thrilled they got a second round pick out of it too. I wish it was a 2011 second rounder, but one for 2012 is just fine with me. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) Jason Arnott Waives No-Trade Clause, Joins Washington Capitals Jason Arnott, a veteran center the Washington Capitals sorely lacked, was dealt to the nation’s capital by the New Jersey Devils in exchange for center David Steckel and a second-round pick minutes before Monday’s trade deadline. Arnott, 36, waived his no-trade clause to make the deal possible, a move he didn’t take lightly. “This was the hardest decision I’ve had to make I think in my career,” Arnott told The Star-Ledger. . “It took me a while. It’s hard to leave.” ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) NHL Trades: Ales Hemsky, Jason Arnott and the Latest Deadline Deals and Rumors Well it’s finally here. All the weeks of speculation, rumors and hearsay have led to this day: NHL trade deadline day. The day that can make a fringe team a contender, a contender a favorite, or set a number of teams back years and cost a host of front office types their jobs. What fun. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) NHL Trade Rumors Roundup: Jason Arnott Willing To Waive No-Trade Clause It’s a busy rumor mill on this 2011 NHL trade deadline day, and while we don’t expect the 30 deals that we saw last year on this day, we do expect some activity. Let’s quickly round up all the speculation we can handle. – The Tampa Bay Lightning seem happy with their team and we probably shouldn’t expect much from them, reports Damian Cristodero in the St. Pete Times. A deal for depth could be made, but with Ryan Malone on the path to return, they won’t be making much of a splash today. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) Devils top Panthers, 2-1, receiving help from possibly-departing Jason Arnott SUNRISE, Fla. — If it was his last game for the Devils, at least Jason Arnott helped keep alive their improbable dream of making the playoffs. The big center took the final faceoff in the defensive zone with 16.9 seconds remaining, playing his part last night in a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center as the Devils moved to within nine points of eighth place in the Eastern Conference. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) Caps get Arnott from Devils for Steckel The Washington Capitals have added a potential No. 2 center from New Jersey, acquiring Jason Arnott for David Steckel and a 2012 second-round draft pick. Arnott, who is an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, has 13 goals and 24 points for the Devils. He becomes only the second player on Washington’s roster who has won the Stanley Cup, joining right wing Mike Knuble. The Capitals have been playing rookies Marcus Johansson and Mathieu Perreault as their second- and third-line centers for much of this season. The 36-year-old Arnott was a key member of the Devils when they captured the Stanley Cup in 2000. He had 8 goals and 20 points in 23 postseason games that season and has 66 points in 106 career playoff contests. ( Read Jason Arnott more… ) Related Searches : dennis wideman, washington capitals, brad richards, dustin penner, nhl Courtesy : NJ , SB Nation , Fanhouse , Los Angeles Times & NHL
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