Posted on 01/13/2005 4:41:58 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
The Fox television network said on Thursday it will provide its stations with TV spots that portray Muslims in a favorable way after it received complaints for featuring followers of Islam as terrorists on its hit television show "24."
On Monday, Fox premiered the fourth season of "24." The drama featured an upper-middle class Muslim family operating as a sleeper terrorist cell. The Muslim mother poisons her son's non-Muslim girlfriend because it was feared the girl could jeopardize the terrorists' plan.
A Fox spokesman said it would provide public service announcements sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations to its affiliate stations. Local television executives can decide if and when to use the spots.
The move was in response to the Islamic council's complaints about the show.
"What we are hoping to do is to try and mitigate the damages of the stereotypes because it can bring real-life consequences on American Muslims and their lives here," said Rabiah Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Islamic group.
Citing a public opinion survey conducted by Cornell University last year, Ahmed said television influences viewers' perceptions of Muslims.
"There aren't any positive or even neutral portrayals of Muslims on TV; whenever Muslims or Arabs are portrayed it is always in a stereotypical way," she said.
"When average Americans don't have any personal interaction with Muslims, whether it be at work or at school, they base their perception of Islam and Muslims from what they see on TV," she added. "We did bring that to Fox's attention."
It's on Mondays at 9p est on Fox.
"Well, Muslims and Arabs don't portray themselves very well in general, now do they? If they didn't constantly behave in such an uncivilized way, then maybe they wouldn't be portrayed that way."
Is murdering one-third of your babies by abortion civilized?
Can't GW declare CAIR a terrorist support agency and shut em down ?
You need to do a Google search on "fallacies of distraction." Specifically the complex question.
For what reason would you conclude that I favor abortion? In the few months since you've joined FR, I've never posted any statements on abortion but those to the contrary. But I am aware that you enjoy being an agitator. In that case, I suggest you take your need to fight elsewhere. I make it a point not to converse with the intellectually unarmed.
Those photos tell us all we need to know aboutIslam,TROP.
Kudos to the producers and cast of "24".
Although already gripping, "24" went up several notches in my book when they added the mesmerizing, oddly beautiful and very talented Iranian actress Shoreh Aghdashloo to their cast for the new season, where she plays the casually ruthless Mother in the family of Muslim terrorist spies.
She should have won the Supporting Oscar for her (more benevolent) character in House of Sand and Fog, not that damn Renee Zellweger. ARGH! Will justice ever be served?
An Emmy for "24" would be a nice start.
P.S.= I'm not very proficient with my computer, but if anybody has a pic of Aghdashloo they are willing to post it (Please?!)
I watched the first four hours, and I can't recall ONE piece of innuendo or statement that any of the terrorists were Muslim. Not one of the Arab characters made any reference to Allah or religion. So, isn't CAIR the ones who are stereotyping?
She was great in HOSAF.
Terrific....I had to look her up then.
A handsome woman.
Thanx a bunch, DOAIJV. Aghdashloo really is a very beautiful woman when she isn't being made to look "dowdy" for a role. Even then, she had a few scenes in House of Sand and Fog where her beauty managed to shine through.
Yeah, House of Sand and Fog is an underrated film for sure. I thought it was one of the best actor's showcases of 2003, with great performances from the Oscar-nominated Aghdasshloo and Ben Kingsley and the ever-radiant Jennifer Connelly, as well as a moving, character-driven screenplay.
What is it about that show --- all the women --- even the not so pretty ones have a mesmerizing oddly beautiful look.
I dunno, but I'm not complaining.
Gee...what will the CAIR droids say when the next 9/11 documentary airs? That it "unfairly portrays Muslims as terrorists" too?
Here's a little suggestion to America's Muslims: don't lie down with dogs and you won't get up with fleas. If you don't like being portrayed as terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, then kick the rotten bastards out of your damned mosques and quitcherbitchen.
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