Following Up On The “Worst Ground Zero Mosque Debate Ever”

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:23 am, August 30th, 2010

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Last week we brought to light a lengthy segment on Fox Business Network and asked if it was the “worst Ground Zero Mosque debate ever.”

The Howard Stern Sirius XM channel answered: yes. Here’s a look at how the segment intersected with Stern’s channel – and how Eric Bolling continued the debate on Money Rocks the rest of the week.

Bolling continued talking about the Islamic Cultural Center near the future site of One World Trade Center the rest of last week, but the debate changed in some unusual ways. On Thursday, Bolling tried to keep his panel in check, stopping them several times from interrupting each other – a major contributing factor to the initial “worst” designation (via Johnny Dollar). A strong supporter of the center was a guest as well, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who wasn’t prepared to say Bolling was an Islamophobe. Instead, “It’s clear though that you’re a ratings hound, and this kind of debate serves you personally very well.” Later: “If you let me speak then I will provide you with better ratings and a real conversation.”

On Friday, Bolling got up in a helicopter to look at the center, and he found something he thought was suspicious. In this Facebook picture he posted, it apparently shows an upside-down flag. He tweeted:

HEY!!!! thats the rooftop of the GZ Mosque! The American flag upside down is an intl. signal of distress.. coincidence maybe…eery?.. DEF!

Yes, what is an upside down flag doing on the roof of the Burlington Coat Factor?! The copter perspective was shot down by Alan Colmes Friday night on Money Rocks. “The aerial view gives a ridiculous perspective,” he said.

But the initial segment also got the attention of Howard Stern’s news team. We caught several segments on The Howard 100 News show (Stern’s dedicated news team and department) about the ‘worst debate ever.’ On one, Bolling himself was interviewed. “People were emailing me right after it hit the blogosphere,” Bolling said of the post. And of his show: “It’s not traditional, I’ll tell you that, it’s different. If people are expecting sit-down one-on-one expert interviews that frankly put me to sleep, then don’t watch our show.”

Meanwhile Jackie Martling, who currently has his own show on the Howard 101 channel, was a part on the “worst” debate, and was interviewed about it as well. “So fine, according to him,” said Martling. “He should throw his own debate, either you’re for it or against it, there’s no such thing as a bad debate.”

Let’s listen to this again and see if it was a bad debate. Look – this is, without a doubt, an issue people are talking about all over New York City and all around the country. I suppose there are business elements to it, but it’s mostly a political story. But Money Rocks keeps looking for new angles, and in some cases, stirring up new fear tactics. We’ll continue watching, and reporting.

Here’s Bolling getting asked about the interview, and Mediaite’s label of it, on Stern’s radio channel (more videos below):

Martling getting asked about me calling it the “worst debate” on Stern’s radio channel:

The Thursday debate on Money Rocks (via Johnny Dollar):

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NORBIT

LOL!

Yes, I’m sure radical Islam wouldn’t want to put the head of HOWARD STERN on a chopping block somewhere!!!

AS for Scott Stringer, he did what Democrats ALWAYS DO – tried the CHARACTER SMEAR, without addressing the issue!

We’ll see in November WHO’S RUNNING THIS COUNTRY!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Duane-Seigler/1694011868 Duane Seigler

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Helen-Nordo/100000884291530 Helen Nordo

I’m not even going to waste my time commenting on this, the mosque will go up, Goonberg will continue his romping with his “joy boys” (you know the ones that like to see “dancing boys”) & perhaps, the Mayor will get an invite to “join in”on the festivities..something rubs me the wrong way about that man..Please New Yorkers, open your eyes…..God Bless what’s left of America!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jarmaine-Seigler/100001135506481 Jarmaine Seigler

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Helen-Nordo/100000884291530 Helen Nordo

It is always good to be well informed. Thank you for your posts, they were indeed self explanatory; however, WHY aren’t the GOOD muslims going after the BAD muslims? I’m not going to debate my thoughts on religion but I would like to focus on “violence”. Never have I seen, read, experienced or heard of ANY other religion that used violence to protect its beliefs…now wait..there was a group of young kids that killed a doctor who performed abortions but I would not associate that with religion. You see, when you use religion to acquire a certain amount of trust, it is totally deceitful, most people, who have been born with traditional, religious beliefs have a tendency to be extremely trusting..that is their weakness! You can love your God, your buddha, your ministry but you must always protect the part of you that is responsible for the welfare of your family, your loved ones & yourself. My own husband does not believe in God, Saints, whatever, but…if you ever need a friend or a shoulder to lean on .. he is there. Many people join cult like organizations since it gives them a sense of “belonging”, many times children are merely born into it; however, it is up to the leaders of these “cults” representing a form of “religion” to slowly draw away from the fanatical aspects of what can truly transpire when so many (mostly men) come together with the main intent of abiding by the strict guidelines of this group. Many of my opinions have been formed by information gathered through the news media and actual appearances of women who have suffered at the hands of the men who are so “programmed into this belief” that they would surely die for it. I cannot lie to you, I am extremely fearful of this Mosque going up so near the “scene of the disaster of 911″. Nothing can erase that horror and this mosque represents, to some, “salt on the wounds of the remaining families” that must relive that event over & over. Many of us have had bad things happen to us in our lives, some accept it, others become hateful, no matter how muslims attempt to convince the public that they are peaceful, we americans have been fooled by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, The Russians with their peace talks while they took away portions of Poland after World War 11 and allowed their communist regime to terrorize the world, now in the middle east, we must worry about the consequences of war with Israel…I think this is a bad time to consider building a mosque & if the muslims want to convince us of their honesty, they will relent & build elsewhere but…thank you for your reply to my posting. God Bless you & God Bless America!