Newspapers Deliver Millions of 'Terror' DVDs to Subscribers --
In 'Swing States'
Source: Editor & Publisher
The arrival of tens of millions of DVDs of a controversial DVD
on doorsteps around the nation -- but almost exclusively in
election "swing states" -- via newspaper home
delivery continues this weekend, with explanatory articles and
subscriber feedback appearing on some of the papers' Web
sites.
The DVDs of the 60-minute film, made in 2005, and titled
"Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West,"
arrived today with, among other papers, the Charlotte Observer
and the News & Observer in Raleigh, with delivery with the
Miami Herald and other papers set for Sunday.
... It was shown on Fox News just before the 2006 mid-term
elections, and conservative activist David Horowitz screened
the film on college campuses during 2007. An article at the
group's site, www.radicalislam.org, endorsed John McCain as
the strongest candidate this past week, then was pulled down.
An article at the site of the Morning-Call in Allentown, Pa.
today reveals that it will be inserted in the Sunday paper
there tomorrow. It continues: "A call to Clarion wasn't
returned, but the nonprofit's spokesman, Gregory Ross, told
the Harrisburg Patriot-News this week that 28 million copies
of the DVD are being distributed nationwide throughout
September. He said the intent is not to sway voters' opinions
about the presidential candidates."
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