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Old 09-09-2010, 12:15 PM   #76
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The police protect witnesses, and the secret service protects VIPs, but celebrities have to get their own body guards.
Not if his murder is considered a terrorist act.
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Old 09-09-2010, 01:20 PM   #77
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Wonder if they'll throw in some shots of americans dancing in the streets as part of the coverage....
Yeh probably from some holiday like memorial day. They'll write in that there was a whole big shebang about burning their holy book and andnandnandnandnandand
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:15 PM   #78
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Finally!!!!! YEAH Associated Press!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
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The Associated Press said Thursday it will not distribute images or audio of the Quran-burning demonstration planned for Saturday evening by a Gainesville, Fla., church.

"Should the event happen on Saturday, the AP will not distribute images or audio that specifically show Qurans being burned, and will not provide detailed text descriptions of the burning," deputy managing editor Thomas Kent wrote in a memo to AP staff. "With the exception of these specific images and descriptions, we expect to cover the Gainesville event, in all media, placing the actions of this group of about 50 people in a clear and balanced context."
From the AP... of course
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:16 PM   #79
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I thought this thread was calling out for a picture when I saw this...
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:28 PM   #80
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Finally!!!!! YEAH Associated Press!! !! !! !! !! !! !!

From the AP... of course
Associated Press is not the only game in town. If it happens, photos and video will certainly be broadcast on Al Jazeera.
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:43 PM   #81
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I'm well aware of that reality, but its nice that one FUCKING company stepped up and did the right thing for a change.
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:44 PM   #82
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Broadcast? Al Jazeera will be distributing video tapes/discs to every half watt station in the world.
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:49 PM   #83
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Al Jazeera will be distributing
video tapes/discs 8-tracks, cassettes and/or slides...
to every half watt station in the world.
fixed that for ya
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:53 PM   #84
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I was just checking out Al Jazeera's coverage of this, and saw a few details I hadn't previously seen. Not surprising, I suppose, because I don't follow news stories like this all that closely.

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Since announcing the plan to burn the Qur’an, Pastor Jones has discovered that such an act has a host of negative externalities. For starters, his bank has demanded that he immediately repay the church’s mortgage balance, and his insurance company cancelled the church’s policy. Furthermore, the local authorities, citing strict fire codes, rejected twice his application to burn the holy book.
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Old 09-09-2010, 02:58 PM   #85
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On, english.aljazeera.net, anyway.
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Old 09-09-2010, 03:50 PM   #86
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A short BBC article on how the story is being reported across the Muslim world:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11232669
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Old 09-09-2010, 04:00 PM   #87
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BBC just reported that the burn has been called off. Searching for link now.

Also reported on NPR.

ETA: also fox news and aljazeerah. No links, but it is on the breaking news crawl at the top of every news page.
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Old 09-09-2010, 04:24 PM   #88
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Also the hosting service of the church's website shut it down due to terms of use violations. 2 guesses as to what that was.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...ebsite-yanked/
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Old 09-09-2010, 04:31 PM   #89
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negative externalities, indeed.
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Old 09-09-2010, 04:51 PM   #90
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so where does this leave everything. where do we go from here?
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