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Posted on 12/30/2010 10:43:40 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Katie Couric: 'Maybe We Need a Muslim Version of The Cosby Show' By Tim Graham Created 12/30/2010 - 1:04pm
By Tim Graham | December 30, 2010 | 13:04 Tim Graham's picture
In her @katiecouric Web show analyzing the trends of 2010, the CBS Evening News anchor made a serious speech (in her serious, deep-thinker glasses) against the deep "seething hatred" against Muslims in America:
I also think sort of the chasm, between, or the bigotry expressed against Muslims in this country has been one of the most disturbing stories to surface this year. Of course, a lot of noise was made about the Islamic Center, mosque, down near the World Trade Center, but I think there wasn't enough sort of careful analysis and evaluation of where this bigotry toward 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, and how this seething hatred many people feel for all Muslims, which I think is so misdirected, and so wrong -- and so disappointing.
She really winced on that last word. When comedian Mo Rocca said he went to "really fancy schools" and "I cannot tell you five things about Islam," Couric shot back "Maybe we need a Muslim version of The Cosby Show." She continued:
I know that sounds crazy, I know that sounds crazy. But The Cosby Show did so much to change attitudes about African-Americans in this country, and I think sometimes people are afraid of what they don't understand -- like you, Mo.
Rocca said "I think religion should be taught as an academic subject in public schools." Couric said "I totally agree with you." But left unsaid is this: how well do network news people do in explaining the tenets of Islam or any other world religion? If there's great ignorance of Islam in America, Katie Couric has done nearly nothing to solve it -- and nominating Hollywood to solve the problem with a lovable family comedy isn't really taking responsibility.
No one on the set wondered if Couric was being reckless in taking the idea that many Americans had -- that a mega-mosque two blocks from the hole of Ground Zero was insensitive and should merely be located somewhere farther away -- and wildly extrapolating that with "seething hatred" of "1.5 billion Muslims worldwide."
This is not new for Couric. In a quote that made our Best Notable Quotables of 2010, Couric devoted a "Couric & Co." commentary to denouncing the Islamophobes:
It might be Islamophobia, Obamaphobia, or both, but when loud speakers are blaring ‘Born in the USA’ and signs say ‘No Clubhouse for Terrorists,’ it’s clear we aren’t just talking about a mosque anymore. There is a debate to be had about the sensitivity of building this center so close to Ground Zero. But we can not let fear and rage tear down the towers of our core American values.
Earlier in the show, Couric did talk about other things CBS failed to accomplish on the air:
What about the Nashville floods? Larinda Sue [sp] on Twitter asks if the Nashville floods will make our list, and it made all of us think, as w're preparing for the show...what other stories were underreported? The Nashville floods were really underreported. Anything else come to mind that we should have been paying attention to that we didn't? I would say we're probably not paying enough attention to Iraq. Does anyone else agree with that?
Martin agreed and said "We're in danger in the media, but also as a people, of becoming inured to war, sort of a permanent war," and "because there's no draft, a lot of us don't have skin in the game, as they say."
Imagine the yucks when Muhammad brings home a third wife who is 12. Or kills a daughter for flirting with an infidel while teaching the son how to buils bombs!
“Don’t push that switch Achmed!”
“This switch?”
“Yes, don’t touch it”
“Don’t touch it like this?”
“Aaaarrrrgghhhh!!”
“Seriously, we are not in the mood for a Muslim comedy show. I can assure you”
You can say that again.
Canada already has one, sort of.
It is called Little Mosque on the Prairie, IIRC.
I watched it a few times, didn’t find it funny or interesting.
I think that last colonoscopy she had a little too much pressure behind it and caused some brain damage.
Epsidoe 4: Cliff buys Clair a full burka and brings home three more wives.
We already have a reality series of the Jeffersons playing out every day....and they’re getting their piece of the pie.
Liberal elitism on display:
1) There is no anti-Islamic movement. This is supported by FACTS, not liberal hysteria.
2) Americans are not stupid. We did not need Cosby to make us feel comfortable around blacks.
But, as always, liberals think honest Americans are the problem.
Complete with honor killings, rape & genital mutilation?
That would actually be a huge hit on NBC.
Dyn-O-mite!!!
Yeah, we got accustomed to queer and lesbian comedies. Comedy is more accepted then any other medium. Take Two and a Half Men. I love the comedy but it’s so much about Charlie’s penis and porno I’m giving up on it.
A muslim comedy? Yeah, that’s the answer.
That just might do it for you lefties.
I don’t know. What would the networks think of a ground breaking show full of honor killings, beheadings of the “right” people and hatred of the “joooooos?”
That will be hilarious. ;~((
Katie's biggest problem is most Americans don't want to get their news from a 60 year old high school cheerleader.
Islam is a vile, barbaric, gutter religion for a vile, barbaric, gutter people. It should be wiped from the face of the earth.
Hah! So true! Barry and Michelle are just like George and Weezy, except George worked his way up. Barry had it handed to him by affirmative action and George “Nazi-helper” Soros.
We already have one. It's seen on all the SRM "all-0bama" news outlets... "0bamas go to Hawaii," "0bamas go for ice cream," "0bamas go to the zoo," etc., etc.
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