A decision by retail giant Lowe's Cos. to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims after protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain of home-improvement stores. Full Story »
Posted by Barry Grossheim
This piece reports the facts of the matter, but could have told us what the show actually contained, and could have addressed the veracity of the charge that the show was "propaganda." It could also have told us a bit more about the Florida Family Association. As it happens, Jon Stewart did a pretty good job of showing that the Muslims seen in the show are just folks like the rest of us -- and other Muslims of my acquaintance.
Seems to me that Lowe's wussed out on this one, caving to a flood of emails from a bunch of automatons who did what they were told to do without thinking the matter through for themselves. It's the Florida Family Association that's now suspect in my book. I think I'll shop at Home Depot or Menard's for a while...