CNN covered interfaith call to oppose Koran burning. Who didn't?

[spanone]

our fucked up media.....
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Washington
Despite the passions stirred by the Islamic center near ground zero and a plan to burn Korans on Sept. 11, cable news outlets showed limited interest Tuesday afternoon in a press conference where church leaders from a variety of faiths called for a united religious front against perceived examples of Islamophobia.


The Islamic Society of North America organized a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington where leaders from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths argued against what organizers called “an atmosphere of fear and intolerance” toward Islam.

C-SPAN and CNN carried the interfaith press conference live. Fox News Channel had no coverage, but instead had commentator Lou Dobbs holding forth on President Obama and the “sad isolated state this president has put himself in.” Meanwhile, MSNBC offered talking heads discussing Mr. Obama’s latest plans to spur the economy.

At the interfaith press conference, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former Archibishop of Washington, said the growth of anti-Islamic sentiment was a “powerful moment that calls for a powerful response.” Cardinal McCarrick added, “our message is a message of working together.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/Vox-News/2010/0907/CNN-covered-interfaith-call-to-oppose-Koran-burning.-Who-didn-t

[spanone]

1. this is all too revealing of our media. if the koran burning is a big story...this is bigger

[louis-t]

2. EVERY elected Democrat should sign a statement

that they are against the Quran burning. Repukes are ignoring it. When this goes bad (and I'm sorry to say, it will) Dems need to be on record as having opposed it.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Welcome to my world...

...and, by "my world," I mean the world of progressive Christians and mainstream denominations, who have been vocally opposing the "religious right" and its leaders for three decades now...but find that a statement, say, from the Roman Catholic bishops opposing the war in Iraq or calling for economic justice (their vision of which is far more "socialist" than anything you'll find at the leftmost edge of American politics), or one from the Episcopal Church supporting equal rights for LGBT persons (or even a combined "interfaith" statement like the one in this thread( will be considered "not news" by the Corporate Media Cartel and promptly be flushed down the memory hole, whereas any bit of lunacy from Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, or even Fred Phelps will instantly be covered and given the status of "what Christians think on the subject."

And then, of course, be asked (or told) by many on the left that, if Christians really wanted to be worthy of respect from them, why haven't we ever spoken out or "fought back" against the conservative fundies...?

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