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Hypocrisy in media reporting of terrorist attacks

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I was absolutely dismayed to learn of a terrorist attack on a mosque in the USA. Of course, it wasn’t on the news. Instead, the first I heard of it was through Pharyngula earlier today. The story is that a mosque had been gassed with children inside, after an insipid, racist DVD started being distributed in some swing states. Quite amazingly, the local police say there’s no evidence to suggest a hate crime at all.

If this had happened in a church, then the press would be all over it – Wall Street’s problems would become a non-story for the next week or so. But no. The victims were Muslim, and the perpetrators have white conservative motives. It’s ridiculous that the media can display such bias against one religion.

Written by Adam Bourne

September 30, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Twat of the Week: Stephen Green

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<b>Stephen Green</b> at a rally. Note that his teeth have become gopher-like.

Stephen Green at a rally. Note that his teeth have become gopher-like.

Every week, I hope to be able to post a profile of an annoying twat who, for some strange reason, has not yet been eliminated from the gene pool thanks to their stupidity. It’s only a matter of time, but it’d be best to celebrate their idiocy before they inevitably win a Darwin. (At least, we hope they win a Darwin, and don’t take too many innocent proles down with them.) At the end of the year, if there are enough, they may be eligible for some kind of award.

So, this week’s Supreme Idiot is Stephen Green, a fundamentalist Christian responsible for the right-wing political party Christian Voice. This was the same organisation responsible for the ridiculous waste of license-fee payers’ money in the Jerry Springer: The Opera debarcle on BBC2. IT WAS A FRACKING FILM. I doubt Birdshit Green even bothered to actually watch the film before deciding if it was blasphemous to his imaginary sky fairy. He also persuaded (read: bullied) a cancer charity into rejecting a £3,000 donation from the creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera. He threatened protests and picketing – targeted at a charity. This man is a true disgrace to the human race.

Why the ‘birdshit’? Well, on the same programme where he made racist and hypocritical slurs against other religions, footage was shown of a bird using him as a public convenience. Even the bird considered him one of the most contemptible wastes of blood and organs in existence.

Yet still, this idiot is active. His fundie mafia managed to get the South Wales Echo to retract an article because it implied that Jebus (if he existed) might have been gay. What part of if you don’t like it, don’t read it and fuck off don’t they get? I can’t see Green bullying the Echo over a column by the same author about Islam. Especially seeing as Green has described Allah as being the spirit of Satan – even though Allah is the same sky fairy that Green worships every single damn day. For all we know, Green may think that Muslims pray to a garden gnome. From his attitude, it is highly likely.

References and External Links

  • BBC News. A Voice in the Wilderness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4303965.stm
  • Mediawatchwatch. http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/06/15/interview-with-stephen-green/
  • Jesus and Mo. http://www.jesusandmo.net/2005/12/18/hook/

Written by Adam Bourne

September 6, 2008 at 1:13 am