Let's be honest about the real reason David Brock's FNC-bashers-in-media-watchdog's-clothing group, Media Matters for America, is branching out to pick on CNN's Paula Zahn for daring to ask questions on behalf of evangelical Christian viewers: it's because Media Matters is against any balanced news reporting that acknowledges the existence of any worldview other than the institutionalized atheism of the MSM. And while it's obvious that Zahn and CNN are cartoonishly, overtly hustling for Fox News eyeballs, she's still doing the right thing by asking sincere questions that the liberal media wouldn't dare to address but to ridicule. Here's part of MM's complaint, that also takes a dig at the other big no-no in the land of the unfair and unbalanced MSM--being a Republican:
On July 31, CNN's Paula Zahn Now featured a segment on "whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world, "marking the third time in eight days that CNN has devoted airtime to those claiming that the ongoing Mideast violence signals the coming of the Apocalypse. The segment included a report from CNN correspondent Delia Gallagher, which showed video clips of Christian author Joel C. Rosenberg comparing apocalyptic Scripture in the Bible to modern events. Yet even though Gallagher noted during her report that "some Armageddon believers" think recently passed legislation -- such as the Real ID Act -- are "taking the world a step closer to the End Times," neither Gallagher nor Zahn mentioned Rosenberg's assertion on the July 26 edition of CNN's Live From ... that he has "been invited to the White House, [and] Capitol Hill" to explain the current Middle East conflict "through the lens of biblical prophecies."
Throughout the segment, an onscreen graphic of fiery horsemen appeared alongside the words, "Is it the End?" The segment also featured images of biblical drawings interspersed with video of toppled buildings and rubble from what appeared to be the current Middle East conflict.
At the end of the segment, Zahn interviewed Rev. Kevin Bean of St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City, and Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University. Bean warned against identifying specific modern-day events as fulfillment of scriptural prophecies stating: "I think that any correlation that is made with present war making or other political schemes with the events that could lead to a final day and the second coming of Jesus and the separation of the faithful from the rest is an arrogant identification with these present-day events." Zahn responded by challenging Bean's assertion that the apocalyptic interpretation of modern events is "arrogant," stating: "Arrogant, you say, and yet the Bible does talk about one-third of the world being wiped out, a world filled with 10-headed beasts, things coming up out of the ocean."
To sum up: if you're a news anchor and you ask sincere, objective questions (that aren't leading up to a punch line) about a book that the majority of Americans believe is NOT fiction--the Bible--then get ready for David Brock's hate squad to take you down a notch.
