On 13 Aug 2002 at 11:20, Mermaid . wrote:
> [Joe Dees]Yes, and CAIR was indeed mentioned as a source of criticism.
>
> [Mermaid]You mean:
>
> Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations told the
> Washington Times: "Memri's intent is to find the worst possible quotes
> from the Muslim world and disseminate them as widely as possible."
>
> from:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,773258,00.
> html
>
> Sorry. I didnt make the connection. I still dont.
>
> That being said. What does that got to do to discussing CAIR's
> 'moderateness'? Is it CAIR material that MEMRI is translating?
>
Extremist groups, especially those who would like others to consider
them to be themselves moderate, are fond of labeling others who do not
share their extremism as themselves biased or extremist. This does
NOT mean that MEMRI is NOT biased in translation selection; it DOES
mean that we should view CAIR's claim to same, at least, with a
mountain of salt.
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