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Media calls anti-war protestors supporters of Osama Bin Laden

by Dallas B (fresnofnb [at] yahoo.com)

Thu, Oct 11, 2001 11:51PM

Fresno Fox affiliate calls anti-war protestors "supporters of Osama Bin Laden".

A news story read by KMPH, Channel 26, weekend anchor Eric Alvarez has drawn several telephone calls and e-mails to the station.

During Sunday's (10/7) 10 p.m. newscast on the local Fresno Fox affiliate, Alvarez said the goal of a local protest earlier that day was to show support for terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Alvarez corrected the report later in the newscast. He explained that the purpose of the protest was to express concern over the war in Afghanistan. Alvarez apologized for the error later in the newscast.

KMPH news director Roger Gadley says the camera operator who videotaped the protest provided the incorrect information.

This is in a community where one Arab American has already been murdered in hate crime.

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§I wish

by .

Sat, Oct 13, 2001 12:53AM

There should be a way to hold such irresponsible people accountable for their actions. They are using 'public' airwaves after all.

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§War On Afghanistan

by Mike Smith

Mon, Oct 29, 2001 3:23PM

I do sincerely believe that our "patriotism" has infact blinded us from the reality. People are dying. Period.

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§Anti self defense is pro crime

by Danny W Thomas (cavedan [at] danworld.com)

Sat, Nov 3, 2001 7:44PM

I dont know if any of you have defended yourselfs or another from violence, I have. If anyone had come to the physical or verbal defense of the rapist I killed, I would have seen them as in support of that rapist. I guess maybe I should not have shot him in the head. Maybe I could have shot him in the leg. Was I wrong ? Am I wrong to see his family and friends as fools for hating me ?

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§do not answer this troll bait

by .

Sat, Nov 3, 2001 8:30PM

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§don't be blind

by MexicAnarchist

Mon, Mar 25, 2002 8:59PM

There is a fine line between self-defense and genocide. We had the chance to defend ourselves and blew it. Why wasn't the air force sent after the hijacked planes like the procedure manual calls for?
Going after the Taliban makes sense, bombing villages without warrant is senseless. When is someone going to speak up and admit that this has become a genocide? How dare you use rape as a comparison, because those two incidents are not alike at all. How dare you use the pain of rape victims (yourself included) to justify the massacre of the Afghan people.
We bombed them first, then they bombed us, now we bomb them even more. Different, see?

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§An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

by Ghandi

Wed, Mar 27, 2002 10:56AM

Danny W Thomas you've just argued for the terrorist attacks on the WTC. Bin Ladin & co, if they did carry out the attack -i've yet to examine evidence for myself- perpetrated this terrible act because they saw direct or indirect oppression by the US gov, for example its policies in the middle east. Therefore they 'fought back.' So, what you've done here, by suggesting America should be allowed to defend itself, is to condone the attacks... What you should have done is find the rapist and put him on trial, following the rules of law.

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