I have to say I wouldn't call it "deceptive advertising". OK, I have to say
when I saw the CD (it was in our Inquirer, too) I first thought it was an
advertisement for Liz Taylor's perfume, but once I started reading the copy,
I was pretty sure what it was: a free copy of a partisan film that otherwise
wouldn't get much play.
"Radical Islam's War Against the West" , "an 'insider's view' of the hatred
the Radicals are teaching...and their goal of world domination." - I think
I've heard Dick Cheney use the same phrases. Heck, even the fact that they
capitalize "Radicals" - like they're a formalized national state, or at
least a single organization with a logo and a membership card - advertises
that this is a highly political and highly partisan effort, relying on
rhetoric and media-savvy communications techniques rather than, say, actual
content.
Hey, that's it - I would have to say this type of CD is __sort__ of like an
educational campaign, except that with an educational campaign you have
actual __content__.
Yes, the radical right producers of this thing are hiding behind a URL
instead of coming right out and saying, "Brought to you by the same people
who brought the Swiftboat lies", but we can't expect them to make it that
easy.
- Al Airone
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From: "Wilma de Soto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "UnivCity listserv" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:40 AM
Subject: [UC] The Sunday Inquirer-"Deceptive Advertising"
My Sunday Inquirer included two DVDs called "Obsession".
At first glance it looked as if it were some type of action film.
However, it is a product of "The Clarion Fund" a non-profit,
"non-partisan"
organization for national security through education. Its focus? Radical
Islam.
http://clarionfund.org/
Although quite subtle in its presentation there are references to "Who
Will
Be Able To Lead Our Country?", it raises questions
Yesterday, there was an article under Recent News on their sister site:
http://www.radicalislam.org, by the way it was removed today, stating the
DNC had given a platform to a woman who has ties to Radical Muslims and
allowed her to make a Keynote Speech.
First, I wish to state I believe The Clarion Fund has every right to
advertise in newspapers. My beef is they should be up front with who they
are and what they do instead of masquerading as a motion picture.
It seems it seeks to cloak scare tactics in a veil of education and give a
perfunctory appearance of fairness in discussing other sects of Islam.
My gut feeling is the timing during the Holy month of Ramadan, the
Presidential Campaign with a candidate that has a Muslim name is by
subliminal design an effort to connect said candidate with radical Islam.
This deceptive advertising at best and an attempt at indoctrination of
those
who do not know better nor care to research their findings.
A slipper slope.
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