Fox Cuts Out Anti-Muslim Scenes from "24"

islamonline ^ | WASHINGTON, January 16

[festus]

The real problem here is the courts. Fox would get sued to kingdom come if they kept moving forward and in todays legal system probably loose.

Without the lawsuit threat Fox would probably be running more spots.

Its all tied into the PC bs that will get us all killed in the end if we don't undo it.

[silent_jonny]

Exactly right.

[Neophyte]

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)... the largest US Muslim civil liberties advocacy group in the country

I suggest a stereotypical approach to such groups, namely the reciprocal one.

Their activities should be allowed when, if and to the same extend that the activities of Christian civil liberties advocacy groups are allowed in Muslim countries.

[chiller]

As I understand it, '24' will feature a series of dramas in this season's run, which led me to believe this Muslim family may be only a small part. Either way, the first 4 episodes that ran back-to-back in the first week (Sun-Mon, iirc) have done plently to highlight Muslim sleeper cells in the US.

Fox can't/won't reshoot the whole damn series either, so I doubt CAIR's complaints will have much impact, or result in any significant changes. If any.

[LauraleeBraswell]

I wonder if Al-Jazera TV is thinking of portraying Christians and Jews in a positive or neutral way...

[dangus]

Screw that! Even if Fox didn't cut their series to the tastes of Bin Laden's groupies, CAIR, they still have agreed to run advertisements promoting/defending Islam. Is that something they'd ever do when they launch any of the billions of attacks on Christianity? Fox is a cowardly, money-grubbing haunt of demons, which shells out huge bucks to promote Democratic candidates. They carefully cultivate a conservative image, and then whenever the chips are on the line, they use every dirty tactic to undercut the Republicans that they can. Remember the November DUI surprise? I'm sick of Fox, Greta Van Susteren, Geraldo Rivera, Bill O'Reilly, "Who Wants to Marry Their Own Daughter?," and the rest of the incessant parade of depravity.

(Incidentally, the only network which does not shell out big bucks to Democratic candidates is NBC, the new home of Brian Williams.)

[Tench_Coxe]

" Forgive me, but doesn't this sort of gut the premise of the series - concerning who abducted the SECDEF?

Who is 24 going to have responsible for the kidnapping and violence - the Teletubbies?"

It will be re-written as a group of right-wing, Christian extremists who are getting revenge for Waco.

[taxesareforever]

CAIR urged State Department officials in a meeting on January 13 to issue a report on Islamophobia across the world.

Here is the final report:

"Islamophobia is the fear that Islamic fanatics desire the destruction of the free world. Islamophobia is alive and swelling."
End of Report

[nutmeg]

ping!

[AmishDude]

Let me tell you three things about 24:

1. The "terrorist" family will not be what we expect. Note no Islamic rhetoric, they may be a Communist cell for all we know.
2. There will be a Muslim hero. Probably more noble than Jack and more devout than anyone. These writers are just as PC as you might expect.
3. The "big villain" will not be Muslim. Count on it.

[mrsmith]

LOL!

I wonder how many people will swallow this story?

[AmishDude]

CAIR knows full well that the producers of 24 will have a twist in which the Islamic terrorists are not the big bad guys and CAIR will then claim victory.

[Alouette]

And CAIR really cares about how Americans are portrayed on Arab TV?

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[mystery-ak]

You are exactly right...there are so many twists and turns during 24 that by the end of the season we will have forgotten about this *muslim* family(maybe)...LOL

[OXENinFLA]

First off, don't take ANYTHING from Islamonline, or from any muslim for that matter, as fact.

Second, from what I've been able to find all FOX is going to do is run PSA's around 24, NOT CUT SCEENS.

But it still maybe a good idea to contact FOX and tell the not to sugarcoat those murdering terrorists.

[Lazamataz]

Forgive me, but doesn't this sort of gut the premise of the series - concerning who abducted the SECDEF? Who is 24 going to have responsible for the kidnapping and violence

Republican Christian White Gun Owners.

[OXENinFLA]

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OUCH!!!!

Just twist the knife in the wound!!

YEAH!!

[ken5050]

Contact FOX..ask them to add a sub-plot line to "24"..about domestic Islamic terrorists murdering a family of 4 Christians in NJ....what?..Preposterous you say?..could never happen, eh?

[weegee]

Neo-cons or neo-nazis or an underground alliance of neo-cons and neo-nazis.

[COEXERJ145]

Mmmmm...will TV soon decide not to show old movies about WWII because they're "anti-German" and "anti-Japanese"?

Many times they edit out the words "kraut" and "jap" from the old WWII movies.