Stoned in Iran, Snubbed in Hollywood: How PC Buried 'Soraya M

March 24th, 2010 9:55 AM
Here's a story the liberal Hollywood and media establishment should love: A remote rural community; a beautiful, innocent woman betrayed by her husband, falsely accused of immorality and condemned to horrible death by a cruel male power structure that hides behind religion; her only ally a courageous, dignified older woman who, when she cannot stop the tragedy, bravely determines to tell the…

Anti-Stoning Filmmakers Bashed for 'Inflating' of 9/11, Crucifixion of

June 27th, 2009 10:34 AM

Daily Beast Contributor Aslan: 'No Such Thing as Sharia' Law

June 26th, 2009 4:32 PM
Editor's Note: The following was originally posted to Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood blog on June 24. Perhaps of greatest note to NewsBusters readers is Tapson's reporting on the pronouncements of Daily Beast contributor and UC Riverside professor Reza Aslan that "There is no such thing as Sharia."While Iranian-American protesters packed streetcorners in Westwood last Saturday afternoon in…

NY Times Calls 'The Stoning of Soraya M' Film 'Lurid Torture-Porn

June 26th, 2009 1:52 PM
Leave it to New York Times liberal movie critic Stephen Holden to come down on "The Stoning of Soraya M," for stereotyping a couple of murderous, misogynist Islamists as...murderous misogynist Islamists.Holden generally likes politically activist movies, especially left-wing documentaries that take aim at politically correct targets like big business and heartland hicks. By contrast, he's not…