Posted on 11/24/2004 3:25:56 AM PST by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - An Islamic civil rights group says it has received an apology from MSNBC for anti-Arab, anti-Muslim comments made on the cable network's "Imus in the Morning" program.
CAIR filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over comments made on a Nov. 12 radio broadcast, in which one of Don Imus's guests referred to Palestinians (gathered in Ramallah for Yasser Arafat's funeral) as "stinking animals" and suggested they should all be killed.
CAIR also complained about a November 19 segment commenting on a U.S. Marine who shot and killed a wounded Iraqi in Fallujah. A fictitious "senior military affairs adviser" who spoke to Imus justified the killed of a "booby-trapped raghead cadaver."
The fictitious advisor also said the killing provided an "Al-Jazeera moment" causing the "Muslim masses to respond with their routine pack-of-rabid-sheep mentality."
In response to hundreds of e-mails prompted by CAIR action alerts, MSNBC issued a statement saying, "The views expressed on the program are not those of MSNBC. Having said that, it was unfortunate that these remarks were telecast on MSNBC. We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by these remarks."
CAIR National Communication Director Ibrahim Hooper issued a press release on Tuesday, thanking everyone "who took the time to express their dismay over the offensive comments made on MSNBC's 'Imus in the Morning' show."
Earlier this year, CAIR announced a "Hate Hurts America" campaign designed to counter hate speech on talk radio.
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Hmm...everything sounds ok by me!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Waiting for headline "MSNBC Apologizes for Slurs Against Bush." Won't hold my breath
F#&% them.
For a minute, I thought they might have said that Islam is a religion of war, persecution, and no human rights.
The truth hurts.
Link copied & saved- thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all those dear to you, katt.
It's good to have some glimmer of hope.
Lighten up!
Besides, Imus doesn't work for MSNBC. They probably pay Infinity or WFAN or someone, just to carry his show.
Do they mean to say that Imus was not talking about stinking animals?
I wonder if the apologists of Islamofascism really CAIR about what happens to people, let alone whether they should be offended or ashamed.
And click here for my favorite CAIR-related thread on FR :)
Hmmm, good, I guess. But I wonder if NBC would have rushed to apologise to Christians? I seriously doubt it!
Hmmmm. CAIR would silence you infidels by death in a New York minute. So don't say anything bad about their people or propaganda arm, okay?
I agree with the guest on that they all must be killed.
Or they will gladly kill all of us.
I have to admit that during that orgy they called a funeral I myself thought "what a place for a Moab".
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