Slow News Cycle Fans Pastor’s Incendiary Remarks

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 10 September 2010 7:42 AM

Blame the summer lull and the 24-hour news cycle for catapulting the Florida pastor and his ‘International Burn a Koran Day’ into the national spotlight says Brian Stelter of the New York Times. A similar Koran-burning incident happened in 2008 but it was quickly written off as the work of a fundamentalist pastor. But Terry Jones had his timing right. As President Obama’s press secretary noted, “there were more people at his press conferences than listen to his sermons.� Despite its omnipresence on cable news, many organizations said they would not print photos of burning Korans. The ban proved unnecessary; yesterday Jones announced he had suspended his plans.

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