Fox News Tries to Defend the 'Worst Interview Ever'
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- "After listening to "a series of attacks from liberal media outlets" against their religion correspondent Lauren Green for her interview with author Reza Aslan, Fox News invited Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, to discuss the controversy Wednesday. He vigorously defended the Fox News correspondent."*
Fox News' Lauren Green's interview of author Reza Aslan is now infamous for Green's incessant, idiotic line of questioning without listening. But according to Fox, the interview was just fine! Then why does Aslan feel sorry for his bafflingly persistent interviewer? Ana Kasparian, Dave Rubin, and John Iadarola discuss.
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Plenty of books about Nazi's written by people who aren't Nazis...
Plenty of books about wizards written by people who aren't wizards...
Plenty of books about sharks written by people who aren't sharks ...
Ahhh you get it..
Sock Butlers Laughed so hard at this, omg XD
Sock Butlers
lololol
No I dont. Please explain.
coolkid18751 i just came
+Sock Butlers Yeh but theyre obviously written by people with an agenda against Nazis, wizards and sharks!
Classic. :) I think the panic began when Aslan stated that he was an academic. This is where the confusion started. It's obviously not a common profession at the fox studio. They should really just replace everyone with 5-yo children and continue as a kid's news channel. The only thing that would be noticed is an increased intellectual capacity.
the children would look at their prompters and be like "that can't be true who vetted this information?"
+musashidanmcgrath ....."We went out with Allah's messenger on the expedition to the Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing azl" SAHIH MUSLIM, VOLUME 2, #3371
+Asian guy Qur'an (4:24) - "And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess."
lmfao!
That's an insult to the kids!
Moreover, if we're leaning towards Ageism: Then it won't be relatable to its single-largest audience demo anymore. Most of them are old, and white.
Jesus is considered an important Prophet in Islam, he is able to comment on Jesus
He's even mentioned five times more than the Prophet Mohammed in the Koran.
Exactly, people only link Jesus with Christianity when in reality he was far more important than that
Fraser Hughes In Islam we can talk about Jesus, we can talk about Moses, it's no problem. Don't these idiots on Fox know that the three Abrahamic religions have the same roots?
Nabilah Sempai it's fox news, what did you expect? By the way, greetings from Germany 😁.
Daniela Sefrin Greetings!
People should be saying this "You should NOT ever do an interview with an author WITHOUT! reading the book you're interviewing them on".
this
Jesus is a beloved prophet of Islam... The problem is that the question is incredibly stupid
Gothams Reconing no he's not
ali saood no its not
ok......whats ur proof?
ali saood he's not
Clint Flicker Seriously dude you obviously don't understand Islam. Talk to any muslim, and do a little research on the Islamic texts..hell just google that shit you'll find that Ali is correct. They may not see him as the messiah, but a very important prophet. I'm a christian saying this. You don't have to be antagonistic to muslims just because of their religion. It is very possible to disagree and also be respectful at the same time.
i personally think Reza Aslan handled the interview pretty well. he remained calm, stood behind his reason and didnt blow up
I love it: "I have a PhD in theology, and my job is to write about religionzzz...." Reza is awesome.
If Lauren green is a religious correspondent who has no conception of being religiously unbiased. Then she has no place on a news show.
She's not on a news show. She's on Fox News.
My Bad ;-)
Faux Noise has no place pretending to be a news channel.
Like Reza Aslan, your thoughtful of her and the overall situation. That's so hard to do in today's Fox extremist environment. Rock on.
I'm sorry, you can't be the son of God AND God at the same time.
Probably a Genius True. (How they got the dinosaurs on there we'll never know.:))
arizonatsunami Christians have been arguing about this for centuries lol
arizonatsunami In the world of imaginary friends and delusions, anyone can be anyone - even two things at the same time.
Its a very complicated idea that people have been studying and theorising for centuries... I think it'll survive your comments
arizonatsunami Christianity is polytheism in denial.
I am an Atheist, but I regularly study the bible. I don't accept a lot of it, but I respect it as an important piece of literature and, as Richard Dawkins said, no-one can understand the rise and development of western History without a knowledge of Christianity and the Bible. The Fox reporter showed exactly what happens when you don't understand you subject.
My advice to Fox's efforts trying to defend its position. When you're in a hole. Stop digging.
I'm reading 'Zealot' by Reza right now. Very interesting book.
The worst interview ever? As far as Fox is concerned, the bottom has not yet been reached.
Words cannot describe how right this comment was...
and, did you note she said it's perfectly fine for a Christian scholar to write about the Muslim faith?
Yeah. And this woman is senior religion correspondent of fox news.
Just think about that
I did not!
The video is of so low res! Just like the journalistic quality of Fox® News network as as whole.
May you please cite the timestamp.
I love Reza being interviewed. He keeps calm, logical, intelligent, classy.
A religious correspondant makes complete sense. The chick sounds as ignorant as Lauren Green in her 'whaAat?! that's CrAAzy'. The fact that FOX's religious correspondent is this ignorant, biased woman? THAT is 'crazy' (well not really 'crazy' would be FOX having someone who WASN'T bias), but the fact that they have one, like the dude behind the mic pointed out. Makes sense.
a religious correspondent makes sense if they cover religious segments concerning doctrine and such. But I don't see why a news organization that covers news and political events would have a religious correspondent. Why couldn't an average reporter talk to this man about his credentials, his qualifications, his possible bias, and his summary of his book? Was there going to be a debate on the divinity of Jesus Christ or some arcane doctrinal theory?
A legal correspondent would explain legal minutia. A political correspondent would explain political minutia. I'm not sold on the necessity of a religious correspondent on a news network.
Jennifer Hunter
They were discussing religion. New and religion are inseparably intertwined right now. Hello, radical Islamic terrorism, radical evangelical Christians, Jewish and Palestinian land wars. Religion and news, where have you been?
Xenophobia is a bad thing for sure, but anti-intellectualism is way worse IMO.
Dude, this interview cracks me up. How many times does he have to say 'It's my job, I study religion as my PROFESSION' hilarious.
I don't care if Lauren Green was being directed in her ear or not. She should have some integrity, even if FOX doesn't. Yeah, I know who she is now. After seeing her in that interview, I will AVOID her and FOX whenever possible (okay, that is meaningless, as I always avoid FOX news anyway). BTW, Piers Morgan is the only journalist I've seen so far who actually asked Reza about his BOOK!
Thumbs UP to Reza Aslan for being a class act and far more Christian in his behavior than FOX. Amazing to see this stuff. I am so glad TYT is here on RUclips to catch these things and point them out. Keep up the good work!
As an educated Christian who attended a private, Catholic, Jesuit University (to the tune of $90,000), TYT consistently lands on the right side of the issues that matter in today's culture. I so appreciate your candid yet intelligent challenging of the world we reside in. Thank you for being a voice of reason in a media-crazed climate saturated in negligent mediocrity.
Why is she interviewing a Muslim when clearly she is not a Muslim?
Her logic not mine!
That was great free advertisement for his book. Good luck Reza.
Jesus was mentioned 25 times in the Koran, while mohamed is mentioned 4 or 5 times ... Koran clearly states the miracles that Jesus did to the blind and the dead and the hungry, Koran considered Jesus as the only living human not to be touched by Satan, and Mary as the Most superior and respected woman to ever walk on earth ....
"You are muslim, why did you talk about Jesus ?" .... God bless America
Well done sir! :)
sunny flower But even more to the point is that he's a scholar of religions. What that means is that he's been trained to separate fact from crap in the case of ALL religions, not just his own... *sigh* This interview still makes me boggle after all this time because everything out of her mouth was just...ignorant.
Thank you. Once again I am Muslim and the Muslim religion very much believes in Jesus. Now if these people just studied and understood Islam they'd find that as well.
Khadim M Did he married a young kid ? many catholic piests perfom this miracle
I'm a Muslim myself but I belief they didn't want him to talk about christiant not jesys
The worst interview ever on Fox? That's kinda like the smelliest turd in a pile of shit.
This video is before Dave Rubin sold his soul.
I saw this clip. So glad the Young Turks picked this up. Good to hear other's agreed with my thoughts.
Perhaps they should hire Aslan as a 'Religious Correspondent' since he seems to have some credentials to justify such a title. Lauren Green has a Journalism degree and some musical education but no formal education in Religion apart from her own Baptist background. How does that qualify her as a 'Religious Correspondent'?
In the real world, it doesn't! On Fox "News," however, all you need is a total lack of intelligence, to be hired.
This just sort of begs the question, who IS qualified to write about religion? Because then if you had a Christian scholar, there's an 'agenda' you can imagine there. If the writer was atheist, oops, they probably have an 'agenda' too, right?
I got my BS in BS from FU
Embarrassingly enough here in the UK all of the major news programs (and pretty much all of them deserve the label 'news' and not 'opinionated rhetoric-monger') have a Royal Correspondent. Though to be fair we actually have royals here...
The bigger question is how can you spend that much time studying religions and still believe in one?
cuz its the right religion
The lady here doesnt strikes at smart either. Religion is a big debate where many people blame for a lot of the worlds problem. Having an religious correspond doesnt seem irrelevant as she claims.
Lol I don't think that you understand that Fox News is a conservative CHRISTIAN network that is completely biased against anyone who doesn't believe as they do. So for them to have a biased, uneducated woman as a "religious" correspondent is irrelevant since the only thing she will do is uphold their Christian agenda. She's not there to help the public understand other religions, she isn't educated or smart, seeing how she questioned asla is what you would expect from any bigoted person on the street.
Just want to say that as much as i'm not religious it is quite ignorant to say religion is not relevant. It might not be relevant to Ana and people might want religion to be irrelevant, but like it or not religion is relevant and very much so.
Religion is only relevant by being dangerous.
I don't care much about you guys but still I want to let you know that your comments are not relevant.
Frederic Parent ... Hodor
Drew Delamont as an atheist i am going to have to tell you that it is because religion is rampant that it is therefore relevant. can't very much ensure your first amendment right to be atheist with your back turned to religion, can you? just because you disagree with something, doesn't mean it isn't relevant. in fact, it should be even more relevant to someone who disagrees with it.
josevonbuergenwader2
It's only relevant when we're fighting back against prejudice and making sure we keep the first amendment to protect us from the majority. Of course we can turn our backs to religion, and do. There's too much to be done out there--volunteering with the homeless, food banks, animal shelters, teaching reading to illiterate folks at the local library, reading to the blind, and much, much, more. I'm not going to waste a minute thinking about the supernatural while the real world lies in ruin.
The thing I found weird was that some American networks were LOSING THEIR MINDS over the royal baby. For a republic, I've never seen so much interest and fervor over an event in a royal family. Hell, it seemed like a bigger deal to them than it was here in the UK. It was a big news story here, but damn, it wasn't THAT big a deal, half the population here aren't even remotely interested in the royal family, they're just kinda there.
My take: Americans just don't give a right fuck about things like "truth", "facts", "news", "democracy" or "rational talking", they just want to be entertained, hence why something like Fox News exist.
Professicchio Some of us would prefer truth, don't make it seem like all of us.
Valsigplays .Valcrin
I know sorry, I don't mean to generalize, it's just an unfortunate fact the "silent majority" drags anyone else down; but this is true to anyone, not just in America.
Professicchio Meh I wasn't sure if it was intentional or not. It is kind of bad that that's how the US is seen.
Over here this government spends it every moment promoting white greatness.
That interview was an amazing display of insanity.
Isn't "Doing the same thing repeatedly, expecting and different result" one of the major signs of insanity?
FOX NEWS: we are trying to jump out of the shark, but failing. Can we have the "temporary technical troubles" or "Venezuela!!" segment play yet??
Finally I agree with TYT 100%
I rarely fully agree with their angle, but they're almost always on the right side of the issue.
Even if I think Fox News is crap, and I often agree with TYT, I wonder if TYT have the same uncritical view of Reza Azlan today (three years later).
Respect to Reza Aslan, but I still wonder... How do you get the the point of having 4 degrees in religious studies and still manage to be religious?
Why do you insufferable people insist that having any intelligence means that you automatically can't be religious? It's childish and immature to try and insult someone for something to fundamentally personal in nature.
Septimus Aurelius
I'm not trying to insult him or anybody, it's just that I don't understand how he has faith in a religion after studying religions for over 20 years. I assum that he passes other religions as being false or just stories, and that's what I don't get... I don't understand religious faith at all.
Though one very cheap insult: degrees in novel studies, hueheuheu :)
Slik00Silk
The level of pretentious idiocy you're exuding is incredible. The fact you just compared believing in a set of moral codes to live by to being is pedophile is hilarious. You've implied that all religious people have murdered and killed and brainwashed, and yet, chances are the worst thing a religious person has done to you is your mom forcing you to go to church on Sundays. I'm not even particularly religious and I've contemplated being agnostic for a time and it's childish and pedantic to try and shit on someone's accomplishments because of their personal faith. Arguing about religion makes you look like an intolerant child in highschool.
Slik00Silk
keep tipping that fedora, it'll do you good in the world.
No, he is not religious. He said over and over that religion is man-made.
Reza Aslan is an all-time true blue dude. As an atheist, I disagree with him on a lot of things, but I think he's good at what he does.
+Michael Gorlitsky You need to differentiate between people who are casually religious in private and secularists in public life, and people who are fundamentalists. You're actually not doing the secularlism movement any favors by throwing religious secularists like Reza Aslan into the same category as Louie Gohmert and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
+Michael Gorlitsky Well that statement just made no goddamn sense. I don't even know how to respond.
+Michael Gorlitsky Quite the opposite... I am an atheist to the core, I don't believe in any higher power or supernatural stuff. That being said, I still use rational thought and reasoning when it comes to people who hold religious beliefs, and I acknowledge that not all religious people are the same. I do not wish to police peoples' personal beliefs, though I am a militant secularist when it comes to public institutions. I still have no idea what point you're trying to make.
"projection" is the only idea in psychology any of these people know.
For the female anchor to say that religion is not relevant was incredibly idiotic and bigoted. Religion plays a large role in the lives of many people around the world, whether it is positive or negative.
the man whom tried to defend the interview is really worse than Lauren :)
Ana looks better when her face isn't full of makeup. Women are beautiful as they are. Most.
FOX has become a characature of (well basically itself)
***** is that sad or funny
***** you speak truth. I've tried without success for years to get my grandparents (who are computer literate) to seek out their news from all kinds of places but every night theyre locked on FOX.
***** it's a sad situation. just spoke with someone who thinks no matter what our government does, nobody will have the courage to resist. I maintain there are enough courageous Americans lurking in the weeds that if we go down, it WILL be fighting. at least that's what my sig P220 says.
***** check your messages
***** many of us here in the United States long ago discovered the illusion of the 2 party paradigm. I am not a supporter of the Democratic Party nor the Republican. I support people who respect and honor their oath to to defend the U.S. Constitution. that would include anyone who ever served in the military, cops, politicians etc...and this oath always ends in "so help me God"......look it up for yourself. and yes, I personally believe in God, but for me it's more. I believe in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. don't just look on the surface IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND American POLITICS AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE
holly shitt!!! Dave Ruben was a normal person in 2013.
The panelists mock the idea of a "royal" correspondent but in Britain these sorts of reporters are commonplace. Its good to know that not everybody was swept away by the ridiculous amount of media that accompanied the royal baby.
This channel is full of hacks.
says the foolish egg.
@@FLOOPman420 lmaoo. This is by far the best reply i have ever read. Thank you.
Ok Reza, let's see how good of a religious "scholar "you are. Please write your next book about the real historical life of the prophet Muhammad. Write it as an academic of course I dare you.
If he did there would be millions of Muslims calling for his head to be chopped off. Get a grip dude!!
You get a grip onto reality... you do not speak for all Muslims... I think they would respect him because if he knows the Islamic faith then the story would be beautiful just like the religion is and just like all religions are its the people that decide to make it bad.
Ambeanie L
Actually, muslims are way quicker to get mad about blasphemy than Christians are due to the very simple reason that the Koran is considered the direct and literal word of God. This means you certainly can't suggest anything in the Koran itself is wrong or should be interpreted non-litterally. Anything else connected to Islam is more open to discussion, but not much. Analyzing Mohammed from a historical perspective will inevitably require some analysis of religious syncretism, which will imply that the Koran is partly a human work. Such an implication is deeply blasphemic, and a reason to get violent against you from many muslim point of views.
All this is why I struggle to see the muslim world ever becoming modern. Islam is fundamentally more incompatible with reason, skepticism and science than all the other big religions. It inherently breeds literal thinking and ignorance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biographies_of_Muhammad
a lot of Muslim writers wrote about prophet Muhammed and his biography, and some of them long time ago.
4 phds and still a muslim does not do much to validate his intelligence. Oh wait. They were religious studies. Bullshitology no less. Can you get a phd in fiction nowdays?
"Does not do much to validate his intelligence" How many Phds do you have? And do you even know what religious studies are? "Religious studies , or Religious education , is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives.
While theology attempts to understand God, religious studies tries to study human religious behavior and belief from outside any particular religious viewpoint. Religious studies draws upon multiple disciplines and their methodologies including anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and history of religion." It's no different than having a phd in history.
Bl4ckfairy By your reasoning there should be cosmetic studies as well. How about war studies? Both occupations in which humanity delved in with an enthousiasm equal to that given to religion. Lets not get into the science behind each one. Chemistry, biology, AND anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy. Nope. Doesn't in the least validate the subject.
Being born into a religion is an almost inescapable accident in the world we live in today. One may be excused for being labelled this or that silly religious sect but converting is a wholly different story. That takes a particular kind of mental deficiency or brain damage.
Although I by no means compare myself even to Einsteins little finger I still have to wonder how many phds he had. Do you know?
"That takes a particular kind of kind of mental deficiency or brain damage" Based on what scientific facts exactly? Again he has 4 phds in religious studies, which studies what different religions believe, compares beliefs between different religions, and does so with "systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives." That means they look at the historical and cultural contexts of religions. How is this any different from having a degree, let alone 4 phs, in history or cultural studies? Not only does he have 4 phds in religious studies, he also extensively sites of religious studies scholars, and has been studying Christianity for 20 years. But I mean, if you think you know more about the subject than he does, feel free to provide your credentials.
Bl4ckfairy "Based on what scientific facts exactly?"
arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/new-meta-analysis-checks-the-correlation-between-intelligence-and-faith/
Again, could I get 4 phds on knitting, Gandalf or star trek?
Is there a phd on addiction or facebook use?
Does Ken Hams phd actually count for something?
You consistently fail to see what I am saying. Probably my fault that I did not make it painfully clear first time round.
DESPITE his 4 phds (not) in psychology, sociology, history and quantum mechanics (see how generous I am to grant him valid scientific titles rather than his declared expertise on supernatural mumbo jumbo construed by stone age goat herders?) he willingly converted to the Islamic fairy tale which, for all intents and purposes is the worst religion around nowadays. Not that Cristianity was any better but it has mellowed some since the torture and burnings of the dark-ages. What kind of rational person does that? None. So our subject is, at the very least, not rational. And intelligence without reason ...
But he isn't writing about what he believes, he's writing about the historical and cultural context of Jesus life, because that is what religious studies scholars do. He is not trying to say that what Christians or Muslims believe is true or that one religion is right over another. These are things that a theology scholar might look at. He's simply looking at the historical and religious contexts of religious beliefs and what impact the context had on the beliefs and what impact the beliefs had on history and culture. That is what religious studies is.
If the ear pieces aren't there for someone to tell you what to do, then why even have them? Seems like a waste of money.
I'm so grateful that channels like this exist. The world would be terrifying otherwise... It begs the question how actively people must have sought alternative news throughout all of history. Imagine the state of our minds if the internet irreversibly crashed one day, and this machine of misinformation and prejudice kept churning full blast on cable; our printing presses are substantially insufficient for a period since print has been declining in popularity for so many years. Think if for any extended period of time how scary it would be to surrounded by Fox-ites... The mere idea that this scenario is possible, though unlikely, makes my skin crawl.
Im sorry but 20 years of "studying" and a so called "ph'd" from a liberal university, still doesn't make him correct.
...if you mean he's intrinsically right about exactly what Jesus was like, no it's his historical interpretation. If by not correct you mean he's not correct in thinking he is allowed to write about his field of study, then you sir are an idiot.
Still worth a H*LL of a lot more than a phd from a christian diploma mill. "Doctor" kent Hovind... Just sayin'
jake2000 so you mean educated people are liberals? okay. i guess the way to stop people being liberal is to not educate them. do you smoke meth much? i hear meth is great. liberals hate it. you should try it.
jake2000 Facts logic and education does not mix well with religion. Red States , the third world and the Middle East have so much in common. There really should be a word that groups them together. Most are creationists...maybe there is the link. I can assure you they are all dead weight when it comes to moving humanity forward. Enjoy the free ride while it last.
Clarence LeBlanc Facts do in fact work with religion. I have yet to see so called "science" disprove the existence of GOD.
this is Dave Rubin before he got batshit crazy. Now he is crazier than Fox news
@4:27....well ,the guy in the black t shirt looks very much like ezequiel lavezzi...😂😆
You do understand the difference between "you are biased" and "are you biased?", right? One is an assertion, the other is a question. Yes, it may be considered a loaded question in some situations, but in this context it is a valid one to ask.
What would the royal baby look like as an adult? Here in the UK that madness was mocked up a few days after the pregnancy was announced.
She was supposed to do an interview, not start a debate.
I don't get how people write a whole book about one man. Born from a virgin, did miracles, Jews didn't like him, crucified, came back to life then started a religion. END!
This is the inevitable result of putting someone better suited to frivolous interviews of a popular culture type against an intellectual well versed in his subject.I actually felt sorry for her she was so far out of her depth it was painful.
This interview was a perfect demonstration of how unprofessional Fox News is. There is no defending this interview. They should have offered apologies, a real journalistically-minded organization would have. But they defend it (and the interviewer) because of who and what they are, an opinionated, politically polarized mouthpiece for one "side" of our society... being the uneducated and easily manipulated, religious side, of course. It was SAD and pathetic, but a perfect demo.
Lauren Green has zero credentials to be "Religion Correspondent." She studied music and journalism.
"With the subject of belief, it is impossible to be unbiased.'
No, it may be impossible for your simple mind to be unbiased with belief. It is not impossible for the rest of us.
Ana - PLEASE do an adult movie!
Every major studio has producers barking directions in their ears.
this poor guys are just LAME!!
People shouldn't say "literally" when they mean "actually".
Bozel looks like an expert in whiskey drinking out of a bottle in a brown paper bag in the middle of the day.
The best way to control people is to foolish them.
Ana: "I saw a headline: What would the royal baby look like as an adult.............What are we doing? What's happening right now?"
WOW!! I am a Christian and I actually studied the Quran. I was humiliated and labeled as a "Potential Terrorist". Now please tell me how reading a book make me a potential terrorist? This is all ignorance, and it is what is plaguing this country!!
You are correct in both the capture of Jerusalem at the hand of the Islamic Caliphate and the Byzantine capture, however people often point to the horrific sacking of both Jerusalem, and Antioch (which no ever mentions because they usually do know that much). However keep in mind, the Fatamid Caliphate was kind in its rule, the Seljuks not so much, and Heretic Christian Sects were also massacred. True Crusaders such as Godfrey of Boulogne desperately tried to stop i, but discipline broke down.
FUN FACT: 'Lorne Green' played the daddy in Bonanza!!
Member Bonanza....with the burning map in the intro?
i love this channel because its among the very few that keep things real.speak the logics that people dont have the balls to.and congrants to raza azlan too.
In hundreds, or thousands of years, people (if we're around) people will watch us argue religion and find it absolutely crazy that this was real, that we believed these stories...
The 24/7 "NEWS CYCLE" has destroyed journalism, individual THOUGHT, and anything approaching a constructive public forum. I find most of this discussion-ON EVERY NETWORK-to be so pathetic that I can't even give my OWN critiques any merit. I just SPEW-"YOU'RE ALL INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!" Which is true, but who will realize it? All of this MONEY WASTED on assholes exercising their jaw muscles. It's all pointless and exhausting.
It’s ridiculous Fox doesn’t realise people can be professional, unbiased and make an educated response that doesn’t have to do with their own opinions and beliefs. Do they think all sales people firmly know their product is best and never shop at competitive stores?
If a network feels the need to hire a "religion correspondent," it should hire a person who knows what the hell they're talking about.
Aslan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in religions from Santa Clara University, a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, where he was named the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction. Aslan also received a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, focusing in the history of religion, from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cut and pasted from Wikipedia with the corresponding footnotes.
Every UK news channel has a "royal correspondent". It's stupid.
It doesn't matter if it's old or new. You can go to amazon and find hundreds of books on Music Theory. The information in all the books is the same. But the presentation changes. Just because it was written about one time doesn't mean it's off limits to everyone else.
am still jet blundering on their infamous dichotomies.
History recorded that the Crusaders were sent as a response to Saladin's incursions.
Any attempt to assert the opposite is nothing less than revisionism.
Also recorded: The many atrocities committed by both sides, which we equally guilty of heinous acts.
Something else to wrap your mind around:
At least half of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar's men were Arab mercenaries, fighting alongside (not against) Christian soldiers (for want of a better term); and it was the Moors (Arabs) who named him "El Cid".
the accuser will only and always accuse another of the very thing the accuser does.
Is anyone surprised a interview on Fox noise was conducted in this manor?
so if you practice one faith, you cannot be curious and research others?
This media outlet is a good example of what media should look like when we all grow up. Well done Young Turks.
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. Exodus 21:20-21
"Religious correspondent". No big deal. The BBC has a religious correspondent. The point is that Fox's "religious correspondent" was totally ignorant and then contemptuous of Reza's academic and scholarly qualifications to write the book.
Fox better not be talking a third try...🤦🏿♂️
Fox: Why did you write a book about the The Killer Whale?
Reza: because...I'm a marine biologist.
Fox: But wait a minute, you're a human...not a killer whale.
Oh FOX, I feel embarrassed for them right now.
Aslan is all class here.
Are you a business advisor , 'cause that is a brilliant money maker ,
TV Model . LOL
This interview has nothing on the Erin Burnett vs Julian Assange interview. THAT was embarrassing.
She said why are there Religious correspondents -_- as if religion isn't a huge topic. Thankfully the other guy stepped in to save her
Yes well Reza Aslan , when it comes to his biases he is no better. Actually he is flagrantly dishonest. He tweeted a quote from Sam Harris. Here's Aslan's quote Same Harris wrote: "Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them." Is was tweeted with a scary dark image of Sam. Here it is with context. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...he's one of them...just better spoken:
The power that belief has over our emotional lives appears to be total. For every emotion that you are capable of feeling, there is surely a belief that could invoke it in a matter of moments. Consider the following proposition:
Your daughter is being slowly tortured in an English jail.
What is it that stands between you and the absolute panic that such a proposition would loose in the mind and body of a person who believed it? Perhaps you do not have a daughter, or you know her to be safely at home, or you believe that English jailors are renowned for their congeniality. Whatever the reason, the door to belief has not yet swung upon its hinges.
The link between belief and behavior raises the stakes considerably. Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them. This may seem an extraordinary claim, but it merely enunciates an ordinary fact about the world in which we live. Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach of every peaceful means of persuasion, while inspiring them to commit acts of extraordinary violence against others. There is, in fact, no talking to some people. If they cannot be captured, and they often cannot, otherwise tolerant people may be justified in killing them in self-defense. This is what the United States attempted in Afghanistan, and it is what we and other Western powers are bound to attempt, at an even greater cost to ourselves and to innocents abroad, elsewhere in the Muslim world. We will continue to spill blood in what is, at bottom, a war of ideas.
I think what Mr. Aslan is trying to point out is that Sam Harris seems to be advocating the abandonment of reason and peaceful resolution. In this quote Mr. Harris is apparently justifying violent conflict because the enemies of peace feel justified in their actions. Whether you are on his side or not Mr. Aslan seems to be pointing out that Mr. Harris is not on the side of peace. I don't feel he is wrong for pointing that out as Mr. Harris himself has made that quite clear in the quote you presented, he just chose the most effective portion for his argument with and exposition of Mr. Harris as an advocate of violence.
jason tatro I've read every book Harris has written. He does not advocate violence however in certain anecdotal situations, we, the human race, would be in a horrific position if a group like ISIS had access to a nuclear weapon. During the cold war the MAD proposition (mutually assured destruction) kept us safe, everyone involved worried about this life. If a death cult that truly believes paradise awaits after death and their leader advocates conquer or die....we are in an untenable position. You may agree or disagree with the proposition however miss representing someone argument is wrong. Posting Sam Harris's picture and playing with the lighting to make him look ominous is a FOX news move. It's like taking a freeze frame of someone who is blinking and posted their half closed eyes. I for one, completely agree with Sam Harris. Christians, Muslims and Jews are all equally wrong and all have used their dogmas to do some of the most horrific things the planet has ever seen. However in present day...Christians as a whole are incredibly benign. No one follows the Old Testament and better yet...hard core true Christian believers are actually few and far between. Most active Christians follow their religion out of tradition. Israeli Jews are in a tough spot and they seam to be major dicks with regards to Palestinians but to be honest...I'm not really up to date with that situation. Seams to me a two state solution would be the way to go. Now the Muslim religion...present day...is problematic and how someone can say differently is shocking. It seamed like the Ben Affleck crowd is in some major denial. When a Canadian soldier was shot they did not go check the local Amish church, Jewish Temple or Christian Church. The "moderate muslim community" needs to stand up. The problem is the Koran...one can argue ISIS or Al Q. is simply following what the book says. Christianity is like Lego. It's gets deconstructed and rebuilt every generation so that it fits in peoples homes. Present day Christianity cannot dictate anything to anyone. If the majority wants it : divorce, pre marital sex, contraception, working on the Sabbath) they just tear it down and built back in a way it is palatable to the majority and the dough keeps flowing. What I wish moderate muslims would do is instead of changing the perfect word of God...like Christians have no problems doing, is see the light...and join us in the third millennium and participate in moving our civilization forward. Imagine no religion...(singing)
jason tatro It's a hypothetical. Harris' never says "I would use a first strike nuke on an imminent threat". He says to paraphrase, "we should talk about or have an open discussion about how to act in the event of an imminent nuke threat." See how those are very different? Here is the quote again, "Some propositions are so dangerous that it *may* even be ethical to kill people for believing them." I would like to quote directly but I have followed his work enough to feel confident this is his angle.
Clarence LeBlanc "However in present day...Christians as a whole are incredibly benign." ???!!!! your claim is unprovable generalization and as any generalization it's preposterous. or maybe you are right looking from, at list half of million dead iraqi civilians point of view, it could be benign considering what happened to let's say native americans or jews for that matter.
jacky leibach when I mean present day I mean...today. WW II is in the past. The Iraqi dead...were done by Christians but when Chaney and his group decided to trick their stupid boss into going to war...it had nothing to do the Christianity and everything to do with money and power. I would guess Chaney doesn't even believe in God. Christians..in the year 2014, rarely kill for their God. Certainly no one would die for him. Their belief is more about tradition and belief. What makes muslims sooo scary to me is their certainty ion their belief
Well, FOX certainly promoted that book will. I am going to actually buy a copy this weekend.
That Brent Bozell guy really made me mad. What makes him think that a Muslim can't write about other religions without being bias, especially a Muslim with a RELIGIOUS degree!!! The way he puts it, then all those RELIGIOUS degrees out there are all for nothing cause a person can't write about religion without being bias. Of course one can write about religion without being bias. DON'T INCLUDE YOUR OWN FREAKING OPINION! BASE IT ALL ON FACTS!!! And that, Fox News, is how to properly write about religion with no bias.
WAIT…. did he attempt to lie about having a phd in religion?
nah he didnt fam
there is many famous non Muslims who wrote many good things about Islam and Muhammad PBH, like "George Bernard Shaw" , "Thomas Carlyle" , "Leo Tolstoy" , "Gustav Lobon",,,. and many who said bad things, we all have the right to think and voice our opinion objectively and with respect. its clearly that they judge the guy without reading his book or debating his evidence and references.
debating with idiots will make you sick even if you both agree on everything :)
this Benedict Arnold in the middle