'Fox and Friends' Guest Speaks Out Against CNN's 'God's Warriors'

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The controversy behind CNN’s "God’s Warriors" continues. On the October 4 edition of "Fox and Friends First" guest Alex Safian, Associate Director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), spoke out against Christiane Amanpour’s special and its equating of Islamists with devout Jews and Christians.

Safian noted the absurdity of comparing those responsible for atrocities worldwide with devout Jews and Christians. When questioned if CNN has an agenda he responded, "I think [Christiane Amanpour] and her production team have an agenda" which he claims is "anti-Israel," "anti-Christian," and "white washes Islam."

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Safian noted that CAMERA is actively pressuring CNN to fix its many errors and says that while CNN is saying they are "listening, and they’re looking at it" he has not "seen any real action yet," confident that "they’ve been re-broadcasting at least some of the segments apparently untouched and unchanged."

The entire transcript is below.

STEVE DOOCY: Welcome back. Some critics are saying the CNN series "God's Warriors" not the Cable News Network's finest hour, and now one group is calling on CNN to fix its mistakes.

ALISYN CAMEROTA: Alex Safian joins from us boston. Set associate director of CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. Alex, thanks for being here. We don't have time to touch on all of the many issues that that you had with Christiane Ammanpour’s special. So why don’t you just tell us what you believe was the most egregious factual error in this documentary, "God's Warriors?"

ALEX SAFIAN, CAMERA ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Well, there were so many of them. I think the most important thing is just doing a series where you build it around these terms God's Christian Warriors, Muslim Warriors, and Jewish Warriors equates people who are devout Jews and devout Christians with Islamists, with Muslim warriors who have killed 100,000 people in Algeria, at least 200,000 people in Darfur recently, thousands of people in America, thousands of people in Israel, bombings in London, in Spain, in Bali, basically all around the world. And to equate that kind of violence that has been, that has been carried out by Islamists with, you know, a Christian college where, where students are supposed to dress modestly and Christiane Ammanpour compares that to the Taliban is really way over the line.

DOOCY: Alex, you write an editorial and you say that -- you talk about how the documentary that CNN did called "God's Jewish Warriors" was, in your words, "the most poisonously biased, and factually shoddy air featured in mainstream American television in recent memory." Does CNN have an agenda here?

SAFIAN: Well, I think Christiane Ammanpour has an agenda. I think she and her production team have an agenda.

DOOCY: Which is what?

SAFIAN: Well, I think it’s very anti-Israel. I think it also is really -- it’s anti-religious. It was anti-Christian believers as well as was obvious from the Christian segment. And it's really white washing Islam to a large degree. It's really trying to take the edge off of Islamism which, which has led to all of this terrible violence around the world and is a real threat to peaceful people everywhere.

CAMEROTA: And Alex, you’ve taken out a full-page ad and you’ve called upon CNN to correct some of these, what you say are factual errors. What has CNN’s response been to you?

SAFIAN: Well, so far they’ve said they are listening and they’re looking at it, and they’re considering things, but I haven't seen any real action yet. I know they’ve been re-broadcasting at least some of the segments apparently untouched and unchanged. I saw the, the "Muslim Warrior's" segment the other night. But we’ve also appealed to -- we’ve had our members, 60,000 strong, appeal to advertisers who were featured on the program. Many of those advertisers were very upset that they were on the program. They didn't know they were going to be on such a program, and they have contacted CNN in no uncertain terms and said we didn't want to be on that program, we don't want to be on that program. And some of them have asked for makeup advertising and are getting it. So it is costing CNN money, which is a good thing. Maybe it will get their attention that way.

DOOCY: Alright, Alex, if people want more information do you have a web site?

SAFIAN: Yes, www.camera.org. We’ve got videos there showing just how biased the series is and some of the problems that really need to be corrected by CNN if they want to be taken seriously as a news outlet.


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Moral Equivalence

The CNN "documentary" is the quintessential example of moral relativism.  

Nothing better illustrates the inablility of the left to reason than the comparison of a Christian school which requires women to dress modestly to the Taliban. It is a shame, students in once fine institutions such as Berkeley are told they cannot make "judgments".  These people enable corruption and evil.

Muslim Warriors not God's

I thought this posting might be of interest in a Muslim man was trying to murder 2 Americans in South Dakota this morning with a car and then beat on guy with a steel pipe.

I hope Drudge picks this up.

 

Story Updated:
Oct 4, 2007 at 9:23 AM CDT

By Chris Studer

Sioux Falls Police are investigating an attempted murder in the John
Morrell parking lot overnight. That's after a man allegedly ran down
two people in a car, and assaulted them with a steel pipe.

Authorities say it happened at around 1:40 a.m. Thursday in the east parking lot of John Morrell meatpacking plant.

A 40 year-old man is hospitalized at this hour with
what authorities are calling life threatening injuries. His name wasn't
released. He was apparently intentionally hit by a car. The suspect is 26 year-old Mohamed A. Abuzingla of Sioux Falls. Police say he's the man responsible for these crimes.

He was arrested for one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault.

Stay with KSFY News and KSFY.com for the very latest on this case.

 

http://www.ksfy.com/...

 

 

 

 

 

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pointing out his

pointing out his faith like this sounds a little bigoted to me - was his action religously motivated? 

A service of the new NB respect police

Not necessarily a Muslim

LC, the name, although probably of Middle-Eastern origin, doesn't
necessarily mean he is a Muslim. My cousin is married to an Iranian,
and he is a Christian. They do exist, you know.

Mohamed an unusual name for a Christian

Mohamed would be an unusual name for a Christian.

"Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away" New York Times Nov 2006

Yes but what does religion

Yes but what does religion have to do with this anyway - was he religiously motivated to attack these people? If not then it is irrelevant... 

A service of the new NB respect police

True, TM. I saw no

True, TM. I saw no reference to religion in the article, that came from Lame Cherry. I was just pointing out that he might even be wrong, whether or not it was relevant, which I agree with you, it isn't.

BTW, Lame Cherry, Keith Ellison, congressman from Minnesota, is a Muslim. Seeing that name, you would assume he's a Christian, would you not? Barack Obama, a Christian, has the middle name of Hussein.

Names don't always tell the story you think they do.

When is the left going to

When is the left going to admit that thier "love of diversity" is just self righteous nonsence and be honest with us about their hate for Jews, Chrsitains and that their support of black causes is just a political ploy to get votes. They are the party that started the KKK. It was Republicans that where involved in the eaerl civil rights movment and the democrats resisted that change. And that the homosexual agenda is the new fad with liberals. And of course they will never admit to the public that they are pushing socialism and are seeking to put down democaracy and free speech of anyone that disagrees with them, namely concervatives. CNN is their network unmasked. 

"I think [Christiane

"I think [Christiane Amanpour] and her production team have an agenda"
which he claims is "anti-Israel," "anti-Christian," and "white washes
Islam."
- Safian

He's definitely got her number.

 

I wonder if..

.. any of CNN's competitors will have this guy on their shows or newscasts? NPR? PBS?

Of course not, they are one in the same.

Indoctrinate-U 

Our Education. Their Politics.

Shame? Shame was killed

Shame?

Shame was killed years ago!   It no longer exists in the liberal world - except when THEY want us to experience it.  

Shame is a word used like "racism."  The liberals have very successfully kept the majority of blacks dumb and poor for decades, exhibiting liberals own racism, but while accusing us of it.   And if you think I'm wrong, ask yourself why blacks continue en mass to vote "D".

Take off your hat.

Take off your hat.

"Equivocation" Not Correct Word

Justin,

Thanks for your interesting article.

I believe you meant to use some form of the word "equate" or "equivalent."

"Equivocation" means to use vague or misleading language.

  

 Someone needs to check

 Someone needs to check Ammanpour's green card,  she actually may be an "undocumented" idiot.  I think she is a documented screwball but I'm skewed to think that all anti-Americans are screwballs.  Not to mention ingrates. 

So, if someone in ICE has a few minutes,  make sure her paperwork is up to snuff.  I mean she is working in the US ,getting paid $US. 

CNN wouldn't do anything unetical would they?

}}---> Conservasaurus Rex

Her Bio says she was once a "child jockey".  These perverts will brag about anything. (note to Libs, that's a joke, though y'all don't see anything wrong with the behavior I'm referencing)

It goes on to say she left her homeland because of the Iranian Revolution.  Why would she want to leave that wonderful land and its "religion of peace"?

~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~