"Recruiting the next generation of militants. A Mickey Mouse-like character reaches out to Palestinian children."
That's how CNN's Jim Clancy, co-host of "Your World Today" teased a May 9 story about the infamous rodent that hosts an Hamas-funded TV show geared towards little children. (see related NB post here)
Video (0:34): Real (960 kB) or Windows (1.06 MB), plus MP3 (492 kB).
After the theme music for "Your World Today" concluded, Clancy and co-host Rosemary Church took turns setting up the terror mouse story.:
CLANCY: "We begin with a powerful message of hatred, resistance, and defiance in the Middle East."
CHURCH: "Now, normally we see such emotions displayed in the streets with violent attacks, but when children are on the receiving end of these messages, it stirs up some controversy."
No foolin,' Sherlock.
Update 23:53 | Matthew Sheffield After the offensive show was exposed online and in the media, Hamas has put the show "under review."
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I put the mouse up on my int
May 9, 2007 - 18:09 ET by Dan The Man 2I put the mouse up on my international blog and the resident Muslim spoke up. This is what he said "Do you feel proud to revive a dead thread? Do you still feel that you're not a hypocrite? Do you still think that you're Jesus (BTW, don't go burning a congregation please)?
Gosh, you really have no brain do you?"
Yes the average age on the blog is probably 17.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
It is all for the Yutes.
May 9, 2007 - 18:11 ET by dwillmoreYou know yutes? I mean youths, just like those torching cars in France.
Ummm... so what?"Reaches
May 9, 2007 - 18:22 ET by FactFiendUmmm... so what?
"Reaches out"? The mouse does reach out to kids. To turn them into suicide bombers.
Where's the bias here? You certainly didn't explain it in this entry.
OK, FF, just imagine that Mic
May 9, 2007 - 18:42 ET by jdhawkOK, FF, just imagine that Mickey was being used to explain trickle down economics to school children in the United States by our government. Yes, the example is purposely benign. The drive-by media would scream indoctrination. The liberals in congress would hold hearings. Members of the fringe left like moveon.org would create TV ads villifying the venture.
But when children are taught to hate and later in their young lives to destroy themselves and others by suicide bombing, the reaction by CNN International is simply, "it stirs up some controversy."
Meanwhile, this video has been around the "net" for several days. Yet, we have had none of the usual suspects (NBC, ABC, CBS, etc) show the video and/or relay this terrible story to the American people. We haven't had the UN convene a special session to condemn it and the perpertrators. We haven't had the various human rights groups demand public air time to express their outrage (for example, on Human Rights Watch, the lead story is: "Walmart Denies Workers Basic Rights." We haven't had the other 21 Mid-east countries' leadership condemn it.
Actually, JD, CNN Internation
May 9, 2007 - 19:08 ET by FactFiendActually, JD, CNN International reacted by calling it "a powerful message of hatred, resistance, and defiance in the Middle East," as was noted in Newsbusters' original entry.
And no one has answered my original question: Why do we care that a CNN anchor said the terrorist mouse was "reaching out" to children?
Wow FF, I guess people like
May 10, 2007 - 15:47 ET by liberal_bug_zapperWow FF, I guess people like you will never ever understand why we balk at the consistent one sided nature of the news. The calm muted reation to this Evil telling children that killing themselves as martyrs and killing others in the process is good, compared to the media's reaction to un-proven claims of abuse or otherwise by our troops is just sick. We have media people falling over themselves wanting to bash American troops for defending themselves, while our enemy is indoctrinating children over the airwaves. You'd think they'd start to back away from their blatant support for these murdering savages, but they don't. And then, people like you come in and try and gloss over these issues, and scream that the US is over reacting when murdering scum come into our country and murder thousands.
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Liberals = Apologists for Islamo-fascism
May 11, 2007 - 09:35 ET by Sergeant ROCKLiberals go out of of their way to excuse or otherwise 'apologize' for the actions of Islamo-fascists while at the same time accuse their political enemies of virtually the same actions! Which is, of course, a symptom of their mentall illness.
At present, I don't know of any 'mouse' calling Jewish children to a cause that justifies suicide bombings, among other things.
Well, you know how Liberals,
May 9, 2007 - 18:34 ET by Chris NormanWell, you know how Liberals, and their PR department, the media, love "outreach programs"...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
I'm sure Walt Disney's head i
May 9, 2007 - 18:39 ET by fenderteleI'm sure Walt Disney's head is spinning in its cryogenic chamber.
Soo does one think that T
May 9, 2007 - 20:36 ET by upcountrywaterSoo does one think that The Disney corp with it's Billions should sue these countries @, 250,000 bucks and place 'em in a jail for a year?
Every time I see a video it's got THAT kind of warning on it!!
Put your money where your mouth is :: Disney corp. do your part!
CNN
May 9, 2007 - 18:42 ET by pbthinkerI would love to know the story, behind this story, on how it eventually made it on to CNN. After listening to Glen Beck this morning, he was told to pull the piece last night. Somehow, they must have had an epiphany. Is this another example of how CNN operated in Iraq, not presenting stories for fear they would lose their bureau? We know how CNN treats the U.S., they show snipers killing our soldiers and spout terrorist propaganda, with little regard for sensitivity. Now we see the other side and how "sensitive" they are. Will CNN explain their position on this? The world waits, and waits, and waits........
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
pb...Did Glenn do as he was t
May 9, 2007 - 18:55 ET by Clear thinkerpb...
Did Glenn do as he was told and pull the segment?
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
Now Now its CNN, Give them a
May 9, 2007 - 20:00 ET by tkeefeNow Now its CNN, Give them a few days they will be telling us the Terror Mouse is not all Rat.
This story makes those report
May 9, 2007 - 20:13 ET by zfThis story makes those reporters look Goofy...
(Okay, I'll admit that was a painful attempt at humor...)
CNN got scooped again
May 9, 2007 - 21:25 ET by c5thenI saw this on FoxNews days ago. Apparently CNN thought they would just ignore it like they do all the other truths about the "palestinians". I guess they were shamed into finally reporting on it because of the stir that the story caused on FOX.
So the violent attacks on the
May 10, 2007 - 08:23 ET bySo the violent attacks on the streets do not stir up controversy? Does that woman realize the implication of her statement? It is as if her heart is not even in her news reporting. She is just doing what she does, to get her paycheck. Perhaps that is largely what is wrong with the main-stream media; their hearts are not in it.
Debra...
Disney has announced that
May 10, 2007 - 10:40 ET by Challenger GrimDisney has announced that they will be launching their nukes
from the matahorn and mobilizing their magic brooms to march on the upstarts
while It’s a small World will begin
non-stop on all their radio stations to demoralize them.