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Now Detroit Free Press rejects Obsession? It's too "divisive?" I'm not sure about that - I was in Dearborn - most Muslim populated city in the country - for a screening a couple of weeks ago (on 9/11, no less), and there certainly wasn't any outrage over the film there. Yet another example of liberalism and PC freaks run amok...it seems as if objectivity in journalism is dead.

So now the STL Post-Dispatch - a paper who employs a "reporter" who just happened to have her press pass stolen by a Code Pinker at the RNC - has refused to include a DVD copy of the film "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," fearful of "offending Muslims." Incredible. I assume they haven't even seen the movie; if they had, they would know that it's incredibly fair and even-handed to Muslims, making the point that it's the radicals, not Muslims as a whole, who are terrorist extremists. The PC police must still be out in full force - the Post-Dispatch is a screaming example of how liberal the MSM is, and should be taken to task for this blatantly partisan move.

Here’s the list of the papers that SHOULD have mailed Obsession (swing-state heavy). MA isn’t on the list, must be Deval’s doing (heh):

Colorado - Boulder Daily Camera, Centennial Citizen, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Greeley Tribune

Iowa - Daily Nonpareil, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press Citizen, Quad City Times, Sioux City Journal
Indiana - South Bend Tribune

Florida - Daily Commercial, Florida Times-Union, Ft. Lauderdale El Sentinel, Ft. Myers News Press, Miami Herald, Ocala Star Banner, Orlando Sun Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Tampa Tribune, Tallahassee Democrat, St. Petersburg Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Michigan - Detroit Free-Press, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Lansing State Journal

Missouri - Springfield News-Leader

Nevada - Las Vegas Review-Journal/Sun, Nevada Appeal, Reno Gazette-Journal

New Hampshire - Portsmouth Herald News, Union Leader

New Mexico - Clovis News Journal, Hobbs News-Sun, Rio Rancho Observer

Ohio - Canton Repository, Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, Middletown Journal, Morning Journal, Toledo Blade, Youngstown Vindicator

North Carolina - Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer

Pennsylvania - Bucks Co. Courier Times, Erie Times-News, Morning Call, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Reading Eagle, The Patriot-News

Virginia - Sun-Gazette, Virginian-Pilot

Wisconsin - Green Bay Press-Gazette, Janesville Gazette, Journal Times, La Crosse Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

seriously, he’s the worst offender of them all. it’s incredible to me how the MSM can keep getting away with this...of course, any mention of terrorism or 9/11 is just a Republican “scaremongering” tactic, out of Karl Rove’s playbook. So aggravating, and I don’t see any end to this horrendous bias in the media.

I've written previously on the film "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," a documentary that successfully (and fairly) probes the threat and prevalence of radical Islam. One of the supporters of the documentary, the Clarion Fund, packaged a DVD copy of the film into thousands of newspapers across the country this past week, hoping to raise the profile of the issues discussed in the movie and reiterate the supreme importance of the fight against these radical and hate-filled individuals.

Well, the Left (read: MSM), are up in arms over the film’s distribution, calling it “right-wing propaganda.” Here’s another great example of how deep in the can the MSM is for the Left. Greg Mitchell – the author of the hit-piece I posted above - is also a “blogger” at Huffington Post, and posted a self-congratulatory piece here that praises a “brave newspaper” – Greensboro News & Record – for refusing to package the so-called “divisive” film. Other than the fact that that the Editor and Publisher is clearly a lefty-flack publication, the ignorance of the Left on the importance and relevance of radical Islamic terror is shockingly clear here.

Apt to point to the film as merely a propagandist piece that “makes it easier for the McCain/Palin ticket to pitch a ‘trigger-happy’ foreign policy,” the Left seems to have forgotten the events of the last 7 years. Obsession doesn’t mention any political party, features neither Obama nor McCain, and points to only the Muslim extremists – not all followers of the Islamic faith – as the ones who want to end the West through violence and hateful acts. Yet the Left immediately casts the film as Republican propaganda. Surprising? No, but quite sad. It’s sad that any film that discusses the terrorist threat, whether even-handed or not, is slotted in the “right-wing talking points” and “scare tactics” column by the MSM. Who’s really in denial here?

No other screenings as far as I am aware, but I’ll post about it if there are.

In the meantime, the event was more subdued than I expected, which was interesting.

Here is a link to my latest at RedState, reflecting on the event:

http://www.redstate.com/diaries/pparmley/2008/sep/11/obsession-in-dearborn-a-recap/

I’m in Michigan today, covering the screening this evening — see here for my first post: http://www.redstate.com/diaries/pparmley/2008/sep/11/screening-obsession-in-dearborn-michigan/

And I’ll be posting more as there is more to come!

I'm on the ground in Dearborn today, posting dispatches later from the screening of the film. If you're not familiar with it, I'm working with the documentary's supporters to help get the word out about the film. Also see www.obsessionthemovie.com if you're interested in learning more. I'll post more updates here later.