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Is CNN Perpetuating the 'Obama is Muslim' Meme? Chyron: 'W.H.: Pres. Obama Isn’t Muslim'
Newsbusters ^ | August 19, 2010 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 08/19/2010 4:53:58 PM PDT by Rufus2007

Every time the question about President Barack Obama's faith is brought up, the wizards of smart in the mainstream media get up in arms about "right-wingers" or "tea partiers" perpetuating those allegations. But is it possible that by devoting so much attention to these issues of Obama's faith and his citizenship, the media are creating the very feeding frenzy they're appalled by?

On CNN's Aug. 19 "The Situation Room," host Wolf Blitzer led his program off with at what first glance is a startling chyron: "W.H.: Pres. Obama Isn't Muslim". That graphic was in response to a recent Pew Research Center poll that found 18 percent of respondents thought Obama was Muslim.

Later in the program, Blitzer went to his panel - CNN political analyst James Carville and Washington Times columnist and Heritage Foundation fellow Tony Blankley. Initially Carville said he didn't have a clear explanation.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; christianity; groundzeromosque; islam; mediabias; muslimobama; obama; obamamuslim
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A distraction to get the focus off the economy...
1 posted on 08/19/2010 4:54:00 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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(PaMom putting on a leftie thinking cap)...’ahh, so what is wrong with it if he IS a Muslim?’ Something to be ashamed of???


2 posted on 08/19/2010 4:56:45 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ( (((((((((((((((((((PALIN/BACHMANN 2012))))))))))))))))))))
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It’s also possible that the leftstream media is convinced that zero is a one termer and they’re trying to get him out of the way for Hillary to run.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 4:57:16 PM PDT by InternetTuffGuy
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A distraction to get the focus off the economy...

They are awfully determined to make me think he's a Christian when they really don't like Christians. So whats up with that?

4 posted on 08/19/2010 4:59:35 PM PDT by marron
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"A distraction to get the focus off the economy..."

Won't work though, an empty bank account and a table full of bills doesn't stay distracted very long.

5 posted on 08/19/2010 5:00:14 PM PDT by circlecity
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They don’t do anything without a reason. Socialists are good at spinning.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 5:00:59 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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7 posted on 08/19/2010 5:01:18 PM PDT by CommieCutter (A Centrist Democrat is now defined as: between Socialism and Communism.)
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Remember that the Clintons are trying to undermine Obama as fast as they can. And their allies will work against Obama’s faction as well. This means that anti-Obama anything from FOBs should be looked at with suspicion.

FOBs include several pollsters, the tabloid newspapers, some big media, etc. I gather CNN is definitely with the Clintons.


8 posted on 08/19/2010 5:01:56 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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...or they listen to Limbaugh more than we realized.

Limbaugh was talking about this for a long time today.


9 posted on 08/19/2010 5:02:24 PM PDT by CommieCutter (A Centrist Democrat is now defined as: between Socialism and Communism.)
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Remember in 2009 when Bam flew Air Force One way too close to the NYC skyline and freaked out many NYers? Muzzie prankster?


10 posted on 08/19/2010 5:04:02 PM PDT by tflabo
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I find it interesting that whenever the MSM starts asserting the King Hussein is a Christian, there's never any evidence given beyond the statements from the White House. “It's so because King Hussein says it's so, and we echo everything he says,” is the standard default mode.

And yet those foolish, ignorant, righ-wingers, wing-nuts, tea partiers who insist or at least suspect that King Hussein might be a Muslim only do so because of the rather substantial amount of evidence from King Hussein's upbringing, his statements and his actions that all point to the fact that he is a Muslim.

Weight the evidence, and then decide.

11 posted on 08/19/2010 5:04:33 PM PDT by mojito
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Did you notice Carville cited the birth announcements as support for Obama’s alleged Hawaii birth?

Hopefully that means he realizes that the HDOH has already confirmed that the Factcheck COLB is a forgery. Maybe he looked here: http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/the-summary-cnn-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

What he doesn’t yet realize is that the newspaper announcements are also forged. We’ve got multiple forms of proof for that as well; just don’t have the time yet to post it all. It will be coming soon though, so hopefully Carville will be ready when it comes.


12 posted on 08/19/2010 5:04:32 PM PDT by butterdezillion (.)
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And WHY are we supposed to care if the “media” gets up in arms?


13 posted on 08/19/2010 5:04:54 PM PDT by FrankR (It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
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Fox News tried to convince me he was a Christian. I am not buying it.


14 posted on 08/19/2010 5:06:12 PM PDT by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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15 posted on 08/19/2010 5:08:26 PM PDT by CommieCutter (A Centrist Democrat is now defined as: between Socialism and Communism.)
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The Saudi’s own part of Fox.


16 posted on 08/19/2010 5:14:21 PM PDT by Dacula (So long and thanks for all fish.)
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Okay, he's not a Muslim. Then he is a murtad fitri. So we should expect fatwas from Qom, various caves in on the AfPak border, Riyadh, Jakarta, and every other corner of the Muslim world calling for his execution to be forthcoming.
17 posted on 08/19/2010 5:15:00 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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He's not a Muslim nor a Christain. He's a pagan who worships himself and he thinks he's transcendental.
18 posted on 08/19/2010 5:15:52 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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He's not a Muslim nor a Christian. He's a pagan who worships himself and he thinks he's transcendental.
19 posted on 08/19/2010 5:16:01 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: tflabo

President Wile. E. Obama strikes again.


20 posted on 08/19/2010 5:16:31 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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