{"id":228,"date":"2010-08-11T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/debate-on-911-ground-zero-mosque-bus-ads.html"},"modified":"2010-08-11T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T11:42:10","slug":"debate-on-911-ground-zero-mosque-bus-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/debate-on-911-ground-zero-mosque-bus-ads.html","title":{"rendered":"Debate Continues on NYC’s 9\/11 Bus Ads Against ‘Ground Zero Mosque’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the clip of my appearance on Fox & Friends this morning<\/a>, briefly discussing why I think the 9\/11 NYC bus ads against Park51 <\/a>(formerly called Cordoba House, inaccurately smeared as the “Ground Zero Mosque”) are bad advertising at best, grossly offensive at worst. They had me debating Pamela Geller, of Stop Islamization of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The segment is far too short for either of us to have explained our positions fully, and they got my job wrong, but here you go:<\/p>\n

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Just a bit of TV news glamour a few hours before I head to Seattle with baby and beagle. Check back tomorrow for my attempt to catch up on some interesting religion headlines from the past two days, including the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan <\/a>and the dropped Kentucky clergy sex abuse lawsuit against the Vatican.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s the clip of my appearance on Fox & Friends this morning, briefly discussing why I think the 9\/11 NYC bus ads against Park51 (formerly called Cordoba House, inaccurately smeared as the “Ground Zero Mosque”) are bad advertising at best, grossly offensive at worst. They had me debating Pamela Geller, of Stop Islamization of America. 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