Are CNN And Newsday Sticking Up for Islamic Extremists?
In The New York Post, terrorism expert and journalist Steven Emerson protested that CNN and Newsday warped the views of Republican Congressman Peter King on an Islamic group, and how they want to blame 9/11 on a Zionist conspiracy instead of al-Qaeda: THE media is engaged in a jihad against Rep. Peter King – a jihad in defense of Islamist extremists. King, a Long Island Republican, has warned his constituents that some leaders of the Islamic Center of Long Island have “publicly stated that the CIA or the ‘Zionists’ may have been behind the attacks” of 9/11. The record backs him up. Indeed, the center’s leadership has a long history of extremism. But both Newsday and CNN chose to ignore the facts and smear King. Last week’s CNN report was one of the most dishonest pieces of reporting I have ever observed in my entire 27-year career. In attacking King, CNN reporter Jason Carroll claimed the congressman had said the members of the Long Island mosque were “part of an Islamic threat that co
