UPDATE: I just did this highly contentious show and found out that it wasn't that NPR had any integrity, it was that CAIR refused to appear with me. Typical. I hope to have the podcast soon. This was a wildly biased, particularly vicious attack fest. I must find this online: you have to hear it in order to understand what we're up against.
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I was scheduled to appear on NPR tomorrow to debate Hamas-CAIR's Zahra Billoo on our AFDI bus campaign and the Hamas-CAIR jihad propaganda barrage, but the CAIR rep, in their typical Islamic supremacist fashion, demanded that they not be challenged, questioned, or debated. Their Big Lie had to stand alone. This was too much even for NPR, which finally got Dr. Jess Ghannam, a local professor who is also a board member of the National Association of Arab Americans. He has agreed to be on the entire program with me (so we can have a real discussion, from 12:30-1 pm Eastern).
The format will go this way: City Supervisor David Chiu will join us for a few minutes to talk about the city’s official stance on the ads, then they’ll let him go and the host Michael Krasny will turn the discussion to Jess Ghannam and me. Since it's a live show, they may also take (pre-screened) listeners’ calls and emails to get listeners’ feedback.
Wed, Mar 13, 2013 -- 12:30 AM
Anti-Jihad Ads Return to SF Muni BusesFor the second time in a year, San Francisco Muni buses are featuring ads critical of Islam. The latest ones feature pictures of and quotes from Osama bin Laden and the Times Square car bomber. Local officials and Muslim groups have denounced the ads -- but the city has refused to pull them on free speech grounds. We talk to critics of the ads, and the woman behind the campaign.
