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As if we needed further proof that Wolfie is a worthless whore.:argh: - O.P.'s comment from Media Matters: Blitzer: Ellison "touched off a raging controversy" Summary: Wolf Blitzer attributed the "raging controversy" over Rep.-elect Keith Ellison's reported intention to use a copy of the Quran in his swearing-in ceremony to Ellison rather than those who have denounced Ellison.
On the December 21 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer attributed a "raging controversy" to Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) for his reported intention to use a copy of the Quran as part of his swearing-in ceremony -- rather than attributing it to those who have denounced Ellison. Blitzer's comments came while reporting on a letter written by Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) attacking Muslims and Ellison. Blitzer stated that Ellison's "plans to use the Quran in the swearing-in ceremony have touched off a raging controversy." Blitzer also suggested that Ellison was "war" with Goode.
Blitzer's suggestion that Ellison was to blame echoed Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus, who, as Media Matters for America noted, said she thought it was "a little bit strange" that "we're focusing on" Goode instead of Ellison on the December 21 edition of MSNBC News Live.
Earlier, Blitzer did note that it was Goode who was stirring up controversy: "Virgil Goode is warning a soon-to-be colleague ... not to use the Quran at his swearing-in ceremony, and Goode says he wants to keep other Muslims out of the United States. Will Goode stick to his guns?" CNN correspondent Brian Todd did likewise: "Mr. Goode has generated, as you say, a lot of controversy over that particular letter." In a later report, Todd added that he visited Rocky Mount, Virginia, to see if "Representative Goode could clarify any of his recent remarks that have stirred up so much controversy."
However, in Blitzer's second comment on the issue, he said it was Ellison who "touched off controversy recently when he indicated he'd include the Quran as part of his swearing-in ceremony," while Goode "has done his best to add to the controversy." Blitzer also called the issue "a Quran controversy and a growing war of words."
As the weblog TPMMuckraker noted, the blog Waldo Jaquith posted a controversial letter by Goode saying: "I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America." In the letter, Goode also attacked Ellison: "f American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
In contrast with some of Blitzer's coverage, other media outlets have laid blame for the controversy on a conservative columnist who criticized Ellison, and not Ellison. As a December 7 article in The Christian Science Monitor noted, it was Townhall.com columnist Dennis Prager's November 28 column about Ellison's intention that "sparked a brouhaha on talk radio, in the blogosphere, and in newspapers across the country." Since the November 28 column, Prager has appeared on MSNBC's Tucker, Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, and CNN's Paula Zahn Now to talk about Ellison's intention to use the Quran.
Onscreen graphics during The Situation Room also suggested that Ellison's decision was to blame for the controversy or stated that Ellison was fighting Goode. Relevant onscreen text read: "Quran Controversy," "Goode vs. Ellison," "Ellison vs. Goode," Controversy Over Ellison's Plan to Use Quran for Swearing In," "War of Words," "Quran Oath," "Bigoted Comments?" and "Goode's Remarks Called 'Islamophobic' ":
http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220009
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