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AP Mopping Up After CAIR?

Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 12:04:57 pm PST

Is the Associated Press now in the business of cleaning up the more outrageous statements made by CAIR officials like Ibrahim Hooper? It does look that way: AP alters CAIR quote in story about Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

We know that CAIR has focused very intensely on media relations, and it would not surprise me in the least if Hooper managed to get AP writer William C. Mann to alter a quotation after it had gone to print.

UPDATE at 2/11/07 6:55:55 pm:

The first angry quote from Ibrahim Hooper can still be found at Forbes.com: Critic of Islam Finds New Home in U.S. - Forbes.com. (Hat tip: WriterMom.)

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#1 DistantThunder 2/11/07 10:06:39 am 0

Enemedia - we see you....

#2 .45ACP 2/11/07 10:06:59 am 0

#2

#3 victor_yugo 2/11/07 10:07:17 am 0

It gives "killfile" a whole new meaning.

#4 freakagriep 2/11/07 10:07:33 am 0
it would not surprise me in the least if Hooper managed to get AP writer William C. Mann to alter a quotation after it had gone to print.

I'm sure that's what happened, Charles.
And if Rush Limbaugh asked for the same courtesy? Ha!

#5 hiker 2/11/07 10:09:24 am 0

The MSM has been carrying CAIR's water for quite a long time. This is nothing new.

#6 JammieWearingFool 2/11/07 10:09:51 am 0

They used Ajax to clean up Dougie's comments.

#7 TimeQuake 2/11/07 10:11:14 am 0

So let me get this straight...we cherry-pick and take out of context, but a QUOTE (by dem, LLL, cair, islime)can be altered and no big deal? We are watching our past, present and future being rewritten as we sit here. Vortex getting faster and more dangerous.

#8 DistantThunder 2/11/07 10:13:56 am 0

Scrubbing quotes to appeal to western affect - at least CAIR now acknowledges that it doesn't sound appropriate - even if they still believe it.

#9 Irene NYC 2/11/07 10:16:00 am 0

Another point not mentioned by her are those vaunted MSM proofreaders and fact checkers. Where were they in this story? Did anyone call Ibrahim Hooper to verify his quote for the 2 am story?

Inquiring minds want to know!

#10 "Oh no...Sand People!" 2/11/07 10:16:15 am 0

The AP needs an enema.

In 20 years (same could be said now even) our children will truly have no idea about their heritage...so watered down and purposefully changed for vile agendas and purposes.

#11 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:16:19 am 0

It's a shame anyway:

...she...will bring an increase to the level of anti-Muslim bias in this country that we saw her bring to the situation in Europe

Like when SHE stabbed to death that movie director, isn't it ?

#12 Thor-Zone 2/11/07 10:16:34 am 0

Is anyone really surprised that the AP would help CAIR out like this? I'm not.

#13 Reluctant Democrat 2/11/07 10:16:39 am 0

And al-Reuters is carrying water for the WaPo story intentionally portraying Levin's criticism of Feith and pre-war intelligence as coming from the Pentagon.
"Report faults prewar Pentagon intelligence.
This after the WaPo had already corrected it!

#14 friarstale 2/11/07 10:17:36 am 0

well, I'm sure they realized, either AP, CAIR, or both, that if Hirsi used "hate speech" then anything CAIR or any other Muslim group said similar to it would also be Hate Speech

can you just hear Hannity asking Hooper "Exactly what did she say that was hateful?" And then producing a similar quote from a prominent Muslim.

I don't know that Islam can survive the information age

"Oh what a tangled web we weave
when first we practice to deceive"

#15 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:17:42 am 0

It's like in the other thread...the subversives EDIT the truth...

/in the business of EDITING the truth since Karl Marx...

#16 Ginn 2/11/07 10:18:38 am 0

From the Hot Air Link:


Which brings us to our exit questions. First, am I missing some other obvious explanation? And second, if not, is giving sources a do-over on quotes after a story’s been published standard practice in the industry? I’m asking in earnest. I honestly don’t know the answer.

I want to know the answer too.

#17 Sabraguy 2/11/07 10:18:46 am 0

One thing's for sure. CAIR are terrified of Ayaan. May God protect her.

#18 friarstale 2/11/07 10:19:06 am 0

they gotta learn to use the right words, and avoid the wrong words
take this ingenius poem, for example:
[Link: www.cruxy.com...]

#19 Geepers 2/11/07 10:21:14 am 0

Poitiers-Lepanto (#11),

Exactly. As always, it's a thinly vieled threat: "Piss me off and I'll kick your ass."

#20 JammieWearingFool 2/11/07 10:21:57 am 0

TV alert for tonight. Hannity's FNC show at 9 ET will have the imam meltdown from Friday. Sans Skeletor, it should be fairly unbalanced.

#21 Kaintuck 2/11/07 10:22:54 am 0

Sorta OT, sorta not:

[Link: www.hvk.org...]

#22 nyclady 2/11/07 10:23:46 am 0

cair should be terrified of her. she is being featured in a slew of women's magazines including Vogue Magazine, one of those mags you can flip thru at the grocery store. so as much as they try to paint her as some extreme racist, she is being championed by many as a heroine in mainstream publications

#23 Canadian Guy 2/11/07 10:27:19 am 0
can you just hear Hannity asking Hooper "Exactly what did she say that was hateful?" And then producing a similar quote from a prominent Muslim.

Yes, and I can hear Hooper saying something like, "Let me answer the question. Let me answer the question. Let me answer the question. Now are you going to ask me the question?"

#24 ziggy 2/11/07 10:27:49 am 0

The ends justify the means I suppose. The only problem is their vison of the end will mean the END.

#25 "Oh no...Sand People!" 2/11/07 10:27:50 am 0

21 Kaintuck:

The skilful use of taqiyya and kitman was often a matter of life and death against enemies; it is also a matter of life and death to many contemporary Islamic terrorists. As so often in the history of Islam, a theological doctrine became operational.

During the Spanish inquisition, Sunni Moriscos attended mass and returned home to wash their hands of the 'holy water'. In operational terms, taqiyya and kitman allowed the 'mujahadeen ' to assume whatever identity was necessary to fulfill their mission; they had doctrinal and theological and later jurisprudential sanction to pretend to be Jews or Christians to gain access to Christian and Jewish targets: 'the mujahadeen can take the shape of the enemy'.

So the 'Religion' of 'Peace' is now the 'Religion of say and do whatever the hell we want, enshallah, to promote our agenda of killing the Great Western Shayten and to wipe Israel off the map..."

#26 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:27:55 am 0

Another thing: would they (both cair and their AP supporters) mind speaking...English ?
Look at this sentence:

"We believe that she will bring an increase to the level of anti-Muslim bias in this country that we saw her bring to the situation in Europe," the council's communications director, Ibrahim Hooper, said in an interview Saturday.

"she will bring an increase to the level that we saw" ?

Is that arabic-English ?

#27 Shaken 2/11/07 10:28:02 am 0

Instead of listening to a single word coming from CAIR (I could CAIR less), there's always an interesting Sunday read elsewhere.

#28 Orbit Rain 2/11/07 10:29:16 am 0

...liars lie...the Associated Press among them...

#29 Kaintuck 2/11/07 10:30:10 am 0

#25 Oh no...

So the 'Religion' of 'Peace' is now the 'Religion of say and do whatever the hell we want, enshallah, to promote our agenda of killing the Great Western Shayten and to wipe Israel off the map..."

Well, not as concise but closer to the truth, I reckon. :-)

#30 MAK 2/11/07 10:30:24 am 0

G_d hates liars.
AP = UNBELIEVABLE.

#31 NiceLass 2/11/07 10:32:17 am 0

While it's probably nothing new, it's nice to see them getting caught and apprehended these days.

Thanks, Charles, you heapum brave chief with many scalps taken!

#32 freakagriep 2/11/07 10:34:51 am 0

Lizards, I need your help:
I am looking for a new bumper sticker - something gloriously pro-Israel, and something that will really tick off those St. Paul/Macalester Wellstone lovers.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

#33 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:35:14 am 0

What scares me is that the web of the invaders is now complete: Ayaan Hirsi Ali finds here the same enemies who threaten her in Europe.

Where in the world could her go and NOT meet the same threat ? Probably nowhere.

The great phase one of the invasion is complete and the teams are fully operational.

And the Free World...
still mainly zzzz zzzz zzzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz

#34 Canadian Guy 2/11/07 10:36:50 am 0

What media bias? Dem halo effect


ht/ American Thinker

#35 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:38:21 am 0

#32 Freakagriep

WHAT THE MOSSAD WOULD DO ?

#36 republic 2/11/07 10:39:42 am 0

It seems to me, no matter what kind of outright lies, distortions or deceptions that come out of the A.P., they always have a "msm/gullible public" campaign that tries to rationalize or justify their outright lies distortions and deceptions.

Then they issue a statement, "No harm, no foul, lets move along kids, there's nothing to see here, pay no attention to the bloggers".

Given that they have the King of Deception as their guide, it's any wonder that they even bother to ever offer any excuses, rationalizations, or justifications.

I guess it's their little way of trying to sound legitimate, unfortuntely for them, the only fools that ever buy it, are already deceived.

#37 "Oh no...Sand People!" 2/11/07 10:39:44 am 0

33 Poitiers-Lepanto

And the Free World...
still mainly zzzz zzzz zzzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz

What do you mean...zzz...zzz...zzz..zzz, I was wide awake when the Colt's won. :)

/sarc

#38 Canadian Guy 2/11/07 10:40:03 am 0
#39 mama winger 2/11/07 10:41:44 am 0

#32 freakagriep
Bumper Sticker

#40 friarstale 2/11/07 10:42:05 am 0

y'know, we have really become too immune to this crap

the absolute outrage is this:

Her creative partner, Theo Van Gogh, was murdered in cold blood, and if she hadn't gone into hiding, she might have been murdered as well

The AP is letting CAIR get away with blaming the victim, in this case an artist excercising her free speech rights to draw attention to what she felt to be a worthy cause, namely violence against women

to blame her is absolutely despicable
she is under threat of death 24-7 from the very same Muslim extremists who in this AP story whine about Islamophobia
it's absurd

#41 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:42:27 am 0

Q: How can you tell when a CAIR spokesman is telling lies?
A: When there is a camera or microphone in front of him.

Q: How can you tell when AP writers or editors are telling lies?
A: When there is a keyboard in front of them.

Q: How many AP personnel does it require to relay the truth?
A: Is that even possible?


OT, from earlier thread:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I once visted the al-Aqsa mosque, and had tea with the waqf curator, Sheik Mustafa Ansari Kahlil. My name is in the guestbook, if it still survives. It was a charming little spot.
That said, I now claim sovereignty over the Temple Mount. It was my Great∞-Grandfather's workplace, and I want it back.
#42 Doss 2/11/07 10:43:02 am 0

Someone needs to write a program that periodically checks the stories AP, al-Reuters, etc., have on the web and against previous versions, noting changes.

#43 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:44:13 am 0

#40 Friarstale

to blame her is absolutely despicable
she is under threat of death 24-7 from the very same Muslim extremists who in this AP story whine about Islamophobia
it's absurd

Nope, it's the invasion.

#44 republic 2/11/07 10:44:38 am 0

#40 friarstail

to blame her is absolutely despicable
she is under threat of death 24-7 from the very same Muslim extremists who in this AP story whine about Islamophobia
it's absurd

Not absurd, but purely evil.

Pure evil!

#45 friarstale 2/11/07 10:45:23 am 0

32 freak

How about this:

Thanks for Israel, Britain. Now how 'bout a piece of Iraq?

or wd that be too long?

#46 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:46:48 am 0

#32 freakagriep 2/11/2007 12:34PM PST


Lizards, I need your help:
I am looking for a new bumper sticker - something gloriously pro-Israel, and something that will really tick off those St. Paul/Macalester Wellstone lovers.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

The back of my POV: [Link: farm1.static.flickr.com...]
Print a photo, and put it in the back window of your vehicle. Covers most of it.

#47 loFlyer 2/11/07 10:47:10 am 0

Why does the AP constantly change stories and interviews that are consistantly sympathetic to CAIR? We got about two weeks worth of honest reporting after 911 and thats it. Every story since then has been "anti-war" or against US interests. Everyone talks about how conservative Fox news is, but Fox is not that conservative, only every other news network is so liberal that it make Fox look conservative.

#48 mama winger 2/11/07 10:48:22 am 0

#46 American Soldier

Your car and my car should start dating. I think they have a lot in common.

#49 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:48:29 am 0

#39 mama winger
I like that one. Have to get a copy.

#50 freakagriep 2/11/07 10:49:13 am 0

#39 mama winger
Perfect!

#46 American Soldier
Good call. Thanks!

#51 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:50:19 am 0

#48 mama winger 2/11/2007 12:48PM PST

#46 American Soldier

Your car and my car should start dating. I think they have a lot in common.

I'll smuggle it across the Cheddar Curtain in the morning. First I have to safely get across the People's Republic of Illinois.

#52 mama winger 2/11/07 10:54:09 am 0

#51 American Soldier

Watch out for this guy.

#53 find your violent jihadi on ebay! 2/11/07 10:54:15 am 0

AP got cairless for a moment, but now it's been fixed.

#54 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 10:56:22 am 0

#53 Find...

AP got cairless for a moment, but now it's been fixed.

Yes, at AP they are very proud of doing their job with a lot of cair.

#56 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:58:07 am 0

#52 mama winger 2/11/2007 12:54PM PST

#51 American Soldier

Watch out for this guy.


ROFL. I spent a few hours listening to the moonbats on Nate Clay's WLS-AM show this AM, got so angry I wound up calling in. They think Obama is the Second Coming, and Durbin is his Chief Acolyte.


/the hardest part of driving through IL & WI is hiding the weapons

#57 American Soldier 2/11/07 10:59:34 am 0
#53 find your violent jihadi on ebay! 2/11/2007 12:54PM PST

AP got cairless for a moment, but now it's been fixed.
#54 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/2007 12:56PM PST

#53 Find...

AP got cairless for a moment, but now it's been fixed.

Yes, at AP they are very proud of doing their job with a lot of cair.

Groan! Fortunately, I couldn't cair less.

#58 mama winger 2/11/07 11:00:12 am 0

#56 American Soldier

/the hardest part of driving through IL & WI is hiding the weapons

Tell me about it. I've got a rifle under a sack of potatoes and a bag of laundry. :)

#59 Beagle 2/11/07 11:01:26 am 0

It's hard to imagine anyone who comes across less hateful than Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She'd be justified if she was hateful. Which makes her demeanor that much more amazing.

#60 mama winger 2/11/07 11:01:38 am 0

#58 me

To all Wisconsin Law Enforcement authorities. Post number 58 was written by my cat. I take no responsibility for feline infractions of the gun laws.

#61 American Soldier 2/11/07 11:02:17 am 0

#58 mama winger 2/11/2007 01:00PM PST


Tell me about it. I've got a rifle under a sack of potatoes and a bag of laundry. :)

My kind of woman! Would Young Winger mind you seeing an officer?

#62 Poitiers-Lepanto 2/11/07 11:02:38 am 0

#57 American Soldier

The Lizards:
People who cairlessly care.

#63 ted 2/11/07 11:03:47 am 0

42 Doss:

"Someone needs to write a program that periodically checks the stories AP, al-Reuters, etc., have on the web and against previous versions, noting changes."

Not really...I automatically assumec every story by the MSM is a lie until proven otherwise.

#64 FrogMarch 2/11/07 11:04:25 am 0

Behold the left-wing media: Here for all your sanitizing needs.

#65 blackpajamas 2/11/07 11:04:51 am 0

Hillary certainly might want to consider mopping up some of the anti-semitic comments at the DailyKos.

DailyKos featured on Hillary Clinton website:

[Link: www.hillaryclinton.com...]

#66 American Soldier 2/11/07 11:07:10 am 0

#60 mama winger 2/11/2007 01:01PM PST

#58 me

To all Wisconsin Law Enforcement authorities. Post number 58 was written by my cat. I take no responsibility for feline infractions of the gun laws.

While in Milwaukee a few weeks ago, I actually took the time to look at WI carry laws. It is apparently legal to carry loaded long and side arms that are visible.
You would probably get arrested for disorderly or disturbing, however.
Your Governor, in a debate during the race, stated that he saw no reason for WI citizens to possess firearms for self-defense.

#67 FrogMarch 2/11/07 11:07:38 am 0

47 Loflyer


Everyone talks about how conservative Fox news is, but Fox is not that conservative, only every other news network is so liberal that it make Fox look conservative.

So true.

#68 American Soldier 2/11/07 11:11:11 am 0

/off to get my AR-15 pimped. Later, all.

#69 blackpajamas 2/11/07 11:13:41 am 0

"What I like about the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library is that it's a place to talk and debate what went right, and what went wrong, in those movements, and what we can apply in the future."

The above quotes is from "YellowDogBlue", an author at the DailyKos.

YellowDogBlue was singled out by Hillary Clinton to praise Hillary at the Hillary Clinton campaign website [Link: www.hillaryclinton.com...]

#70 mama winger 2/11/07 11:14:20 am 0

#61 American Soldier

My kind of woman! Would Young Winger mind you seeing an officer?

Why? do you know any? LOL!

I'm just joshing wit' ya - but I see that you have left the building. See you later A-S.

#71 blackpajamas 2/11/07 11:15:17 am 0
#73 Jim in Virginia 2/11/07 11:17:31 am 0

Hey mama winger! New hair? looks good!

#74 mama winger 2/11/07 11:18:44 am 0

#73 Jim in Virginia

Hey mama winger! New hair? looks good!

You like? I did it all by myself - Just like the picture on the box! LOL!

#75 windybon 2/11/07 11:19:11 am 0
#76 blackpajamas 2/11/07 11:21:38 am 0

Another blogger endorsing Hillary Clinton at Hillary's campaign website:

"What George Soros Can Do"
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

#77 mama winger 2/11/07 11:22:19 am 0

#75 windybon

He bought Boss a sausage, egg and cheese croissant as a reward.

Aww, as well he should. Dogs are so great. I almost lost one of mine this week to a severe gastric bleed. It's been touch and go since Monday, but today she's off the IV and I think she's going to make it. Thanks for the great story.

#78 Mycroft 2/11/07 11:31:29 am