[Media-watch] FW: Murdoch Exploits 9/11 for Kerry Smear

[Swithun Crowe]

Hello
Have any of you seen this Al Jazeera article?

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EC3AC145-96B2-4858-AE3D-63FDE0B59D69.htm

It discusses an unreported dispatch from a group affiliated to Al Qaida,
where they state that they want Bush to be re-elected. It may be a bluff
or double bluff, but it should have been reported at least.

Below is some of the message.

Swithun.


"A word for the foolish Bush. We are very keen that you do not lose in the
forthcoming elections as we know very well that any big attack can bring
down your government and this is what we do not want.

"We cannot get anyone who is more foolish than you, who deals with matters
with force instead of wisdom and diplomacy.

"Your stupidity and religious extremism is what we want as our people will
not awaken from their deep sleep except when there is an enemy.

"Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats
have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and
Muslim nation as civilisation.

"Because of this we desire you [Bush] to be elected."


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> ACTION ALERT:
> Murdoch Exploits 9/11 for Kerry Smear
>
> November 1, 2004
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> In a naked attempt to exploit the September 11 attacks for partisan
> political gain, Rupert Murdoch's New York Post ran a deceptive front-page
> headline on its October 30 edition that declared that Al Qaeda chief Osama
> bin Laden "Urges Bush Defeat."
>
> Of course, the taped message from bin Laden played on Al-Jazeera
> (10/29/04) did not call for George W. Bush's defeat.  Indeed, toward the
> end of the message, bin Laden declares, "Your security is not in the hands
> of Kerry or Bush."
>
> Still, Murdoch's media empire seems dedicated to convincing voters that
> Kerry is the candidate of Al Qaeda.  On Fox News Channel (10/29/04), when
> one guest objected to another's characterization of bin Laden's statement
> as "an endorsement" of Kerry, saying, "I don't think he's going to have a
> Kerry-Edwards sticker in the cave," host Neil Cavuto retorted: "He's all
> but doing that. I thought I saw a button."
>
> The same night, Fox's Bill O'Reilly referenced a new anti-Bush video from
> rapper Eminem: "And Eminem joins Osama and comes out against Bush as
> well."