The world-infamous Fox News, not needing to further prove how ultra-conservative, biased, xenophobic and anti-Islam they are, went on to further tarnish their 'good' (see disgraced) reputation by going after professor Reza Aslan, a Muslim, for his new book about the historical Jesus entitled Zealot: the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Interviewer Lauren Green keeps questioning why Aslan, who has studied and written about various religions, was interested in, and has the right to write a book about Jesus instead of discussing his theories and contentions in the text itself. She also wrongly declares that Aslan is hiding the fact that he is Muslim, even though he describes his faith on the SECOND PAGE of his book. You can watch the interview below and make your own conclusions.
Reza Aslan on Fox News
As embarrasing as the Fox News interview was, it has done wonders for Reza's pocket book. His book has become a New York Times bestseller and is at the top of the Amazon.com sales charts, proving once again that controversy sells. He has also parlayed those painful minutes into appearances and mentions on CNN and Huffington Post Live (see videos below) among others. Good on Fox News for inadvertantly brightening the star of a respected academic and authour and for bringing a very sensitive and polarizing issue to the centre of public discourse because the right-leaning cable channel's secret progressive agenda is to provide academics and thoughtful citizens a platform to passionately and eloquently promote their own ideas whilst tearing apart the 'arguments' (see uninformed, unintelligible rants of scared conservatives) of news men and women who deliberately make themselves sound like ridiculous caricatures to put their guests over to the viewing public.
I'm not saying I agree with everything Reza Aslan says in his book, but good for him for debating an important topic and for cleverly turning his time on Fox News into a bestselling media spectacle.
Reza Aslan on the Daily Show (Before Fox News)
Reza Aslan on Piers Morgan Live
Reza Aslan on Huffington Post Live
(pre-Fox News Interview)
Reza Aslan Mentioned on Huffington Post Live After Fox News Interview
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