Trick Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpWA0idbKr4 Pretty interesting to find out what is going on with our tax dollars. I wonder how far this is going to be pressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 This is bad reporting. Here is a fact check link. http://www.factcheck.org/2011/03/funding-mosques-overseas/ Key portion is.. Fuzzy Reporting Many readers also asked us about U.S. funding of mosque restoration after an Atlanta television news station, WSB-TV, reported in November that "the State Department is sending hundreds of millions of dollars to save mosques overseas." News anchor Justin Farmer said that the State Department’s Agency for International Development gave money to mosques in Cairo, Cyprus, Tajikistan and Mali. He said that the money given to the Cairo mosque was "part of" a $770 million program to fix the city’s sewer system. The project was to fix an entire sewage system, through the USAID program. They actually repaired a mosque, a greek orthodox church, some roman building among others. There was no religious priority, as the bad news anchors tried to protray. Just poor research on their part. Just SOP with American Media, research just enough to make it sound controversial, then stick head in sand and wave arms wildly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ah, okay. Sweet. Thanks for the information and link Kyz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Gotta love media sensationalism, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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