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essentially argues that the west is under siege from radical islam wilders who has called for limiting muslim immigration to europe has portrayed himself as an advocate of free speech he s even become a darling in certain conservative circles i have nothing against muslims i do have a problem with islam said wilders to a burst of applause during an oct 22 speech held at the union league of philadelphia the koran is an evil book it calls for murder terror and war attended by about 200 people the speech served as the inaugural event for the david horowitz freedom center philadelphia formed less than a year ago the local center is meant to serve as the east coast headquarters of the los angeles based organization run by horowitz a one time liberal turned conservative firebrand horowitz is the editor of the right leaning web site www frontpagemagazine com according to its mission statement the philadelphia center will focus on campus activity and academic freedom by helping ensure that critics of islam as well as pro israel speakers are allowed to offer their viewpoints without being quashed wilders temple speech drew a number of protesters including jewish students and created a controversy on campus as to whether or not he should have been permitted to speak at all some of the proceeds from the union league event will go toward wilders legal defense back home said horowitz the issue of how to relate to muslims in america and islam in general has proved a divisive one for the jewish community those on the left have for the most part advocated dialogue and engagement while the right has espoused a more confrontational line the same can be said for israeli relationships with arabs in the mideast theory works both ways rabbi nancy fuchs kreimer who directs the department of multifaith studies and initiatives at the reconstructionist rabbinical college in wyncote did not attend the speech but she said later in an interview that it can be highly misleading to highlight individual quotes from the koran as wilders does and call it representative of islam in totality using that same theory back in the middle ages christian leaders would pore through the talmud to pick out passages to be used against jews said fuchs kreimer judaism is a very diverse evolving religious civilization the same is true of islam posted by alex constantine at 2 29 pm no comments the myth of fox news ratings spike by eric boehlert huffington post november 3 2009 fact the breathless claim that fox news ratings recently spiked thanks to the white house s public critique is bogus hype hype that fox news and the beltway press have relentlessly pushed it s just not true no matter how many times reporters and pundits made the claim a detailed analysis of nielsen ratings numbers clearly indicates that in the two weeks after the white house in mid october sparked a media controversy by claiming rupert murdoch s channel was not a legitimate news organization fox news ratings did not soar or go through the roof in fact not only did fox news overall ratings not soar they experienced no significant increase at all instead in the two weeks following the initial verbal jousts with the white house fox news total day ratings virtually flatlined another example of the beltway press not letting the facts get in the way of a good story it sure looks that way in this case we saw nearly universal agreement among media elites that the white house decision to publicly call out fox news was monumentally dumb thin skinned short sighted and uncivil paging the etiquette police everyone said so therefore pundits were certain that fox news ratings were way up and that obama and his aides had made a huge tactical blunder the ratings angle simply provided statistical ammunition for what the beltway press corps already knew to be the truth fact checking fox news in the immortal words of the washington post s cw loving sally quinn was absolutely crazy except it turns out none of that was true there was no viewer stampede toward fox news http www huffingtonpost com eric boehlert the myth of fox news rati_b_343563 html posted by alex constantine at 5 35 am no comments sunday november 1 2009 should modern warfare 2 allow us to play at terrorism leaked footage of a controversial airport level in modern warfare 2 has caused a wave of controversy online modern warfare 2 could you shoot this man you may be about to find out guardian october 29 2009 the video is a few minutes long but it might just be the most important game footage to be seen this year it s a bootleg of a single mission from modern warfare 2 the much anticipated first person shooter certain to be the winter s biggest selling game it shows the player joining russian terrorists on a bloody rampage through an airport building civilians are gunned down as armed men run through the departures lounge and it s evident that the player is firing too in one alarming moment someone is shown dragging an injured person across the concourse the player shoots them both dead released onto the internet earlier this week the blurry footage has already provoked a media backlash a mirror headline proclaiming leaked level makes light of terrorist atrocities many see in it harrowing evocations of last year s mumbai terror attacks in which over 170 people were killed for a while it wasn t clear whether the sequence was genuine but yesterday activision released a statement confirming its authenticity the leaked footage was taken from a copy of game that was obtained illegally and is not representative of the overall gameplay experience in modern warfare 2 infinity ward s modern warfare 2 features a deep and gripping storyline in which players face off against a terrorist threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse the game includes a plot involving a mission carried out by a russian villain who wants to trigger a global war in order to defeat him the player infiltrates his inner circle the scene is designed to evoke the atrocities of terrorism at the beginning of the game players encounter a mandatory checkpoint in which they are warned that an upcoming segment may contain disturbing elements and they can choose not to engage in the gameplay that involves this scene so what should we make of all this clearly once again we will be confronted with difficult questions about the role and duty of videogames as an entertainment form to some commentators videogames by their very nature make light of anything they portray this is partially about semantics the interpretation of the word game as something fundamentally frivolous partly too it is about the legacy of videogames as a pastime for children for teenagers not for adults and then interactivity itself brings in complex moral questions if a movie were to depict a terrorist outrage the viewer takes no active part but in a videogame you re engaged and complicit the participation is the entertainment and that s always going to be problematic activision s argument about seeking to portray the depths of the terrorist cell s immorality in order to stir the player s emotions is sound to a point it s an established narrative device but as tom hoggins asks in his telegraph feature is it really necessary for the player to throw grenades and wouldn t similar revulsion be elicited if the player were placed into the shoes of one of the victims this would after all reflect the wonderful opening sequence to the original modern warfare in which the player takes on the perspective of a prisoner who is bundled into a car and later executed this is also not the first time that the call of duty series has forced the player into a morally troublesome sequence there is at least one moment in call of duty world at war admittedly created by a different development studio but still part of the cod lineage in which the player has no choice but to shoot a group of unarmed enemy soldiers in order to complete a mission objective is there an agenda here to push the boundaries of acceptability in shoot em ups it s a brave move if there is on top of it all context itself is a problematic notion in this case it appears both vital and valid what we re robbed of when viewing this illicit footage is what happens before and afterwards the exact nature of the scene and the authenticity of the player s involvement it s certainly far too early for tabloids to be bandying accusations about but then when did that ever stop them the problem is context can easily become an excuse to portray wanton violence in the playstation title driver for example the gamer is ostensibly controlling an undercover policeman posing as a criminal but this backstory is immaterial to the game action which involves stealing cars smashing other vehicles out of the way and having lots of fun in the process that s a very different game and a very different circumstance but it s an example of how the framework can be bent to suit the core game dynamic i m also not sure about activision s plaintive claim that the scene can be skipped it s something of a cop out a side step rather than a pertinent justification the point is it s there the developers put it there it is an intended element of the whole experience responsibility is the underlying theme in all this i think this is the deciding factor infinity ward is an excellent developer it uses narrative in a mature and sophisticated way witness the nuclear explosion sequence and the apparent death of captain price in modern warfare these are moments of sheer emotional resonance which would have been fumbled by most studios indeed they wouldn t even have been attempted by most studios both moments work perfectly within the game s depiction of a desperate global battle i m certain that will be the case here this development team has no need for cheap controversy it doesn t have to appeal to the basest instincts of nihilistic teen gamers looking for a few cheap sick thrills that is why this blurry inconclusive footage is so important the scene portrayed may well represent a statement of intent this is what games are capable of now unsettling us with powerful imagery backing us into difficult situations toying with our moral certainties it is an 18 certificate game we must be trusted to test ourselves against this http www guardian co uk technology 2009 oct 29 games gameculture posted by alex constantine at 12 19 pm no comments saturday october 31 2009 climate cover up a brief review realclimate 20 october 2009 we often allude to the industry funded attacks against climate change science and the dubious cast of characters involved here at realclimate in recent years for example we ve commented on disinformation efforts by industry front groups such as the competitive enterprise institute the cato institute the fraser institute and a personal favorite the heartland institute and by industry friendly institutions such as the wall street journal editorial board and other media outlets that assist in the manufacture and distribution of climate change disinformation when it comes to the climate change disinformation campaign we have chosen to focus on the intellectually bankrupt nature of the scientific arguments rather than the political motivations and the sometimes intriguing money trail we leave it to others including organizations such as sourcewatch org the sleuths at desmogblog authors such as ross gelbspan author of the heat is on and the boiling point and edited works such as rescuing science from politics to deal with such issues one problem with books on this topic is that they quickly grow out of date just over the past few years there have been many significant events in the climate wars as we have reported on this site fortunately there is a book out now by our friends at desmogblog co founder james hoggan and regular contributor richard littlemore entitled climate cover up the crusade to deny global warming that discusses the details of the contrarian attacks on climate science up through the present and in painstaking detail they have done their research and have fully documented their findings summarized by the publisher thusly talk of global warming is nearly inescapable these days but there are some who believe the concept of climate change is an elaborate hoax despite the input of the world s leading climate scientists the urgings of politicians and the outcry of many grassroots activists many americans continue to ignore the warning signs of severe climate shifts how did this happen climate cover up seeks to answer this question describing the pollsters and public faces who have crafted careful language to refute the findings of environmental scientists exploring the pr techniques phony think tanks and funding used to pervert scientific fact this book serves as a wake up call to those who still wish to deny the inconvenient truth there are interesting new details about the revelle singer lancaster affair and other tidbits that were new to me and will likely to be new to others who been following the history of climate change contrarianism ross gelbspan who has set the standard for investigative reporting when it comes to the climate change denial campaign had this to say about the book absolutely superb one of the best dissections of the climate information war i have ever seen this is one terrific piece of work there is an important story behind the climate change denial effort that goes well beyond the scientific issues at hand its not our mission at realclimate to tell that story but there are others who are doing it and doing it well hoggan and littlemore are clearly among them read this book and equally important make sure that others who need to do as well http www realclimate org index php archives 2009 10 climate cover up a brief review posted by alex constantine at 9 24 pm no comments friday october 30 2009 pew confirms we re turning into media tribes posted by charles cooper coop s corner october 29 2009 http www cbsnews com blogs 2009 10 29 blogs coopscorner entry5454217 shtml here s a headline the latest pew survey informs us that fox news is viewed by americans as the most ideological news network of them all well duh the shocker i suppose was that 14 said fox was mostly liberal snarky asides notwithstanding the data also testify to our propensity to watch news networks which reconfirm preexisting political biases consider the following points i lifted from the pew report ideology plays a role in how americans view the networks 57 of liberals say that fox news is mostly conservative compared with 46 of moderates and 44 of conservatives 48 of conservatives find msnbc to be mostly liberal compared with 31 of moderates and 29 of liberals 51 of conservatives say cnn is mostly liberal while 33 of moderates and 28 of liberals agree the report found comparable ideological differences in perceptions of the ideologies of nbc news abc news and cbs news regular fox news viewers are ...