Links: CNN announces that Obama is actually not a Muslim
By Ben ReiningaAugust 19th, 2010, 6:18 pmComments (7)
A CNN news broadcast featured the following under "New Developments: Pres. Obama Is Not a Muslim." Are you shitting me?
A church in Florida has been denied a permit to burn Qurans on September 11. The, um, Christians, say they're going to do it anyway. You know, to protest against religious extremism.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing "Natural Woman." I don't have any idea why, but I couldn't care less. It's equal parts adorable and inspiring.
If you're listening to Usher while, uh, getting intimate, are you having sex or making love?
And finally, a video clip from a weird German kids show called Kinderkreis, that features the enthusiastic dancing in brightly colored Spandex onesies that I've seen all day.
Commentarium (7 Comments)
Dang. Now what am I going to do with all those Qurans and lighter fluid that I stockpiled? WTF.
50 bucks says the host, orange guy, purple guy, and light blue guy have all tried something with the kids... But seriously, wtf is the point of that show?!?!
kinderwhatzit - not a real show. It's a commercial for general mills' fruit gushers. a damn good one though.
CNN finally woke up to its own incompetence.
I never liked it when people called Mr Obama a Muslin. It seemed like such a sheety thing to say.
the point isn't that obama's not a muslim, the point is that it shouldn't matter if he was. idk why so many people/news agencies are ignoring this.
Listen, this is going to sound like it's coming from a conservative, but, believe it or not, it doesn't. I just prefer it when things are slanted neither left nor right.
You wrote: "A CNN news broadcast featured the following under "New Developments: Pres. Obama Is Not a Muslim." Are you shitting me?"
That's not what it says. It says "New Developments: W.H.: Pres. Obama is Not a Muslim." Emphasis on "W.H."
The White House felt compelled to comment on the survey showing an appalling number of Americans who think the President is a Muslim. I don't think CNN is wrong for reporting on something that the White House commented on. I think the headline perfectly describes the White House comment.
The blog suggests CNN has done something wrong. I disagree. The real problems here are: (a) Americans apparently relish willful ignorance on this non-issue; and (b) the White House apparently is willing to take the bait and waste everyone's time addressing the question. The more things change...
If the White House is willing to wade into that non-issue, then I don't blame CNN for reporting on the non-issue. The White House comment makes it newsworthy.
Now you say something