Pamela Geller, 'Queen Of Muslim Bashers,' At Center Of N.Y. 'Mosque' Debate
First Posted: 08-20-10 06:26 PM | Updated: 08-20-10 07:32 PM
By DANIEL BURKE
Religion News Service
(RNS) By some accounts, the heated opposition to the so-called Ground Zero 'mosque' has been drummed up by a telegenic blogger with a strong New York accent and even stronger opinions.
Pamela Geller, a Long Island native who writes the blog "AtlasvShrugs," said she was the "quintessential New York City career girl" before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Since then, she has co-founded groups dedicated to fighting the "Islamization" of America, sponsored anti-Muslim ads in several cities. She has a near daily presence on certain television news programs.
Some even suggest that Geller deserves credit -- or blame -- for turning a local zoning decision about whether to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque blocks from Ground Zero into a national political spectacle.
Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group has said, "She has whipped up hatred in the right-wing blogosphere and now that's spilled out into the wider community."
Articles in The Washington Post and Salon.com this week have reported that the mainstream media picked up on angst about Park51, the planned cultural center and mosque in lower Manhattan, only after Geller began blogging about it.
In recent weeks, Geller has become a chief spokeswoman against the project, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," CNN, NBC Nightly News, and Fox.
source: Huffington Post
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First Posted: 08-20-10 06:26 PM | Updated: 08-20-10 07:32 PM
By DANIEL BURKE
Religion News Service
(RNS) By some accounts, the heated opposition to the so-called Ground Zero 'mosque' has been drummed up by a telegenic blogger with a strong New York accent and even stronger opinions.
Pamela Geller, a Long Island native who writes the blog "AtlasvShrugs," said she was the "quintessential New York City career girl" before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Some even suggest that Geller deserves credit -- or blame -- for turning a local zoning decision about whether to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque blocks from Ground Zero into a national political spectacle.
Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group has said, "She has whipped up hatred in the right-wing blogosphere and now that's spilled out into the wider community."
Articles in The Washington Post and Salon.com this week have reported that the mainstream media picked up on angst about Park51, the planned cultural center and mosque in lower Manhattan, only after Geller began blogging about it.
In recent weeks, Geller has become a chief spokeswoman against the project, appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," CNN, NBC Nightly News, and Fox.
source: Huffington Post
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