{"id":861,"date":"2009-10-11T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/dalai-lama-wolf-blitzer-snub-nobel-winner-obama-video.html"},"modified":"2009-10-11T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T09:02:16","slug":"dalai-lama-wolf-blitzer-snub-nobel-winner-obama-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/10\/dalai-lama-wolf-blitzer-snub-nobel-winner-obama-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Dalai Lama Talks To Wolf Blitzer About Apparent Snub From Fellow Nobel Winner Obama (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0861715160\/\">Ethan Nichtern<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolf_Blitzer\">Wolf Blitzer<\/a> asked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/08\/opinion\/l08nobel.html\">Nobel<\/a> Laureate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5i5jNi6Bfg0GbkMvndueWo1miqPOw\">His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/a>, about his apparent brush-off from the newest <a href=\"http:\/\/nobelprizes.com\/nobel\/peace\/peace.html\">Nobel Peace Prize Winner<\/a>, President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\">Barack Obama<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalailama.com\/\">Dalai Lama<\/a>, in the fashion of embodying peace, was quite gracious. Blitzer, in the fashion of a cable news journalist, went probing for controversy. I don&#8217;t think a CNN or Fox News Anchor will be winning the prize anytime soon, but then again, why stop the surprises now? Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/obama-postpones-avoids-meeting-with-dalai-lama-change-we-no-longer-believe-in.html\">One City Blog<\/a> commentary on the failed meeting between the two men from earlier this week. Have a good Sunday. Promote Peace!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nEmbedded video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\">CNN Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ethan Nichtern CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer asked Nobel Laureate, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, about his apparent brush-off from the newest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Barack Obama. The Dalai Lama, in the fashion of embodying peace, was quite gracious. Blitzer, in the fashion of a cable news journalist, went probing for controversy. 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