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| MUSLIMS BLAST CNN's J.LO BLOW |
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| Moe |
| 12/20/01 at 15:26:51 |
| MUSLIMS BLAST CNN's J.LO BLOW By BILL HOFFMANN http://www.pagesix.com/celebritynews/7528.htm Muslims are seething at CNN and MTV after the cable-TV giants teamed up to surprise sheltered Afghan kids with sexy, skin-baring photos of Jennifer Lopez and get their reactions on camera. In the segment aired on CNN last night, reporter Jason Bellini whipped out an American teen magazine featuring J.Lo, showed it to traditionally dressed Afghan teens and asked: "What do you think?" The jolted youngsters told Bellini that while J.Lo was "very beautiful," she would "never be allowed to dress like that here because her outfit exposes her belly." Disgusted Muslim leaders said the interviews, produced and edited by MTV and aired on CNN's "Newsnight with Aaron Brown," were disrespectful. "I'm surprised a CNN correspondent would not be sensitive to Muslim issues. He should have known better," fumed Dr. Sayyid Syeed, general secretary of the Islamic Society of North America. "You have to know what the limits are. That's why I think that all journalists should take courses in Islam - Islam 101." A CNN spokeswoman said the newsman, formerly at MTV, had used the magazine with J.Lo's image as a prop to quiz the kids about their knowledge of American pop stars. "It was not Jason's intention to be disrespectful. CNN prides itself on its commitment to treat all cultures with respect," she insisted in a prepared statement. An MTV spokesman added: "There is absolutely no disrespect intended." |
| Re: MUSLIMS BLAST CNN's J.LO BLOW |
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| Rashid |
| 12/21/01 at 01:21:51 |
| [slm] Right now, in Afghanistan, and all over the muslim world as well as America, there are worse things being shown than J-Lo's belly...why don't the Muslim "leaders" talk about that instead? Besides, this is all part of the plan, remember the u.s. gov't is busy developing the alternative to al-jazeera, and MTV is also developing their arabic channel. [wlm] |
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| Caraj |
| 12/21/01 at 01:55:38 |
| ***************************************************************** "It was not Jason's intention to be disrespectful. CNN prides itself on its commitment to treat all cultures with respect," she insisted in a prepared statement. An MTV spokesman added: "There is absolutely no disrespect intended." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************** I have only one word for this statement above... BOLONY (or how ever you spell it) I don't want to judge or call anyone a liar but I find that statement very very hard to believe. CNN knows how Muslims feel about modesty and dress and MTV well I'm not even a Muslim and I didn't allow my sons to watch it. |
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