The Clarion Fund -a joint extreme right wing Zionist/American dual loyalist NeoCon project is distributing 28 million copies of a scare tactic DVD with particular emphasis on Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
Enjoying a cup of coffee and listening to our daughter and her school mate play...leafing through the Sunday Paper to find: OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM'S WAR AGAINST THE WEST as a paid advertisement insert. This is a DVD produced by the Clarion Fund.
From the LA Times:
Millions of copies of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" were delivered over the last few weeks to homes in states whose votes will be critical in the presidential election, and more will be distributed through early October. Most of the 28 million DVDs were included as advertising inserts in newspapers. Some also were mailed directly to homes.
The campaign by Clarion Fund -- a nonprofit organization founded by filmmaker Raphael Shore "to educate Americans about issues of national security," its website says -- has prompted criticism of the newspapers for distributing what some describe as Muslim-bashing propaganda.
There are also accusations that the group is trying to influence the election in favor of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, cast by some as tougher on terrorism. One Islamic advocacy group recently filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that Clarion is abusing its tax-exempt status by engaging in politics.
"Any neutral observer would say this is a biased, one-sided, inflammatory portrayal that seeks to portray Muslims and Islam as Nazi-like," said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council for American-Islamic Relations, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.
Hooper claims the DVD campaign aims to steer voters toward McCain.
"If you're able to raise the level of fear in the public about terrorism or national security, those people are more likely to skew toward John McCain," he said.
Hooper said he heard reports that some DVD recipients in Ohio also had received automated phone calls referencing the film and saying, "We hope you take it into consideration when you go into the voting booth."
http://www.latimes.com/...
From the Huffington Post:
Although supposedly a 501 c(3) non-profit, this week the Clarion Fund's website featured an article supporting John McCain. Yesterday, the Patriot-News in PA reported on the DVDs showing up in Pennsylvania, and noted:
"On Wednesday, though, there was an article on the group's new Web site, www.radicalislam.org, that backed Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The article discusses both candidates and concludes: "McCain's policies seek to confront radical Islamic extremism and terrorism and roll it back while [Barack] Obama's, although intending to do the same, could in fact make the situation facing the West even worse."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
I for one am canceling my subscription to our local paper. They did not need to accept this kind of "advertising"....and yet they did.
More on the Clarion Fund below.
http://www.israelenews.com/...
http://stationcharon.blogspot.com/...
http://popprog.blogspot.com/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
http://makkah.wordpress.com/...