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Romey had a GREAT take on this episode from NBC....
Posted on 04/06/2006 9:26:44 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon Fan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR's governing body called a network television news magazine "outrageous" on Wednesday, saying it tried to provoke anti-Muslim reactions from spectators at last week's race for a story about growing U.S. sentiment against Islam.
NASCAR said NBC's Dateline NBC confirmed it was sending Muslim-looking men to a race, along with a camera crew to film fans' reactions. The NBC crew was "apparently on site in Martinsville, Virginia, walked around and no one bothered them," NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Wednesday.
"It is outrageous that a news organization of NBC's stature would stoop to the level of going out to create news instead of reporting news," Poston said.
"Any legitimate journalist in America should be embarrassed by this stunt. The obvious intent by NBC was to evoke reaction, and we are confident our fans won't take the bait," he said.
NASCAR grew out of the rural southern U.S. and its history of modifying street automobiles outrun authorities in transporting illegal alcohol. Because of its southern origins, NASCAR has been cricitized for its fans displaying numerous flags of the Confederacy from the Civil War in the 19th century, an emblem many associate with racism.
Dateline NBC also has been criticized in the past. In 1992, it aired a critical story about fuel tanks on a brand of pickup trucks, using video of the tanks exploding on impact. However, the network later apologized for using toy rockets to ignite the explosion.
NASCAR is in the final year of a broadcasting agreement with NBC Sports.
"Dateline is looking into this story," NBC said in a statement. "We were intrigued by the results of a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll and other articles regarding increasing anti-Muslim sentiments in the United States.
"It's very early on in our newsgathering process, but be assured we will be visiting a number of locations across the country and are confident that our reporting team is pursuing this story in a fair manner," it said.
Laura Ingraham launched on this topic this morning. You can still catch it on XM.
This is a total outrage.
Zucker and his crew resort to news-making instead of news reporting.
They oughta be horse-whipped.
I would immediately pull every remaining NASCAR race off of NBC and give the broadcasting rights to FOX
NBC has adopted the Dan Rather approach to "journalism": just make it up.
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It's nice to see NASCAR standing up and not falling for another Jesse Jaskson trick.
I would love for them to do that.
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The ghost of Michael Gartner still lives on at NBC.
My cynical side tells me that this may be exactly what NBC wants.
NASCAR has a contract with NBC. I believe they have to honor it. However, this is the last year of that contract.
I hope that NASCAR seeks out another network for its broadcasts next year.
Sic Tony Stewart on them.
I'm sure the contract requires NBC to protect the value of the product. They may very well be in violation of the contract by these actions, or perhaps by not airing it they have dodged the bullet.
NO more Darrel Wlatrip!!!!!!
Tony has mellowed out!!!!!!!
Waltrip
Good point.
It's very possible that there is (for lack of a better word) a "value clause" in the contract.
I'm surprised no one beatup the NBC camera crew. Most people hate the main stream media more than terrorists...
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