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To: elmatador who wrote (20291)	7/20/2007 3:20:41 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217842

NBC at it again, this time trying to find auto racing fans who don't like Muslims.... americanchronicle.com excerpts.... According to producers at NBC News, the show is attempting to film Americans' reaction to seeing Muslim men in their midst at public events. And, although they'll never admit it, they're pulling their stunt at events they believe will attract the most rednecks. For instance, NBC sent a film crew with a group of "Muslim-looking men" to a NASCAR event in Virginia in order to film the reaction of the spectators. Apparently, NBC believes that's where they're likely to get a desired reaction from the bigots who attend NASCAR races. In the middle of a war on terrorism, NBC wants to show "Dateline" viewers that Americans are a bunch of bigots. NASCAR officials called it "outrageous" that "Dateline" targeted its racetrack for a segment on anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, according to Roanoke.com. One can't help but wonder: if there is no reaction to having Muslim men walking around the NASCAR track, will NBC still show the segment on their show? NASCAR reported that NBC confirmed it was sending Muslim-looking men to a race, along with a camera crew to film fans' reactions. The NBC crew was "apparently on site in Martinsville, Va., walked around and no one bothered them," according to NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston. "It is outrageous that a news organization of NBC's stature would stoop to the level of going out to create news instead of reporting news," Poston said. "Any legitimate journalist in America should be embarrassed by this stunt. The obvious intent by NBC was to evoke reaction, and we are confident our fans won't take the bait," he told Roanoke.com. ************* So, the gist of the story is: NBC's Dateline wanted to prove Americans harbor anti-Muslim sentiments, so NBC's newspeople were using "undercover Muslims" to provide the evidence. And we, the public, have to trust that NBC will fairly edit the segment. If there's no reaction, does anyone believe they'd air the segment? What's next? NBC using "undercover NASCAR fans" to simulate uneasiness or worse when they see a dark-skinned, bearded man? This isn't the first time NBC's news division got caught with their fingers in the fabrication cookie jar: In 1993, NBC's "Dateline" aired a story on exploding General Motors pickup trucks. The show alleged that the trucks were unsafe because upon impact they are liable to explode. However, during their tests, they just couldn't get the darn test truck to explode for the camera. So they hooked up some hidden explosives and staged the segment. NBC didn't admit to the deception until threatened by a lawsuit and public ridicule.