A Sept. 5 WorldNetDaily article promotes an radio interview by WND’s Aaron Klein of Terry Jones, pastor of a Florida church who plans to stage a burning of Qurans on Sept. 11.
The attached audio shows that Klein conducted a softball interview, not really challenging any of Jones’ claims, not even the nonsensical one that the burning is geared toward “radical Muslims” and not “moderate Muslims” — who just happen to follow the same Quran. Klein is also much more interested in the death threats Jones claims he has received over the planned burning than Jones’ lack of concern that the burning might provoke an attack against American interests.
As Klein and WND rush to defend and promote Jones, others are backing away from him. Richard Bartholomew details how the publisher of Jones’ screed “Islam Is Of the Devil,” Creation House, has scrubbed the book from its catalog and website. Meanwhile, Little Green Footballs notes that Jones has posted a video insisting that the N-word is not racist.The video was posted before Klein interviewed Jones, indicating that Klein either did insufficient research before his interview or that he knew about it and chose not to bring it up.
Heck, even Gen. David Petraeus thinks Jones’ Quran-burning is a bad idea.
So, Aaron and WND: Is this a guy you really want to be defending?