Odd Fox News Interview Lifts a Biography on Jesus

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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.



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"In an interview on Friday that was by turns bizarre and uncomfortable, Lauren Green, a host from 'Spirited Debate,' a weekly Fox News webcast, pressed Mr. Aslan on the question of why, as a Muslim, he would choose Jesus as his subject.

"On Friday, 'Zealot' was in the No. 8 spot on Amazon.com, the nation's biggest seller of books; by Sunday, it had hit No. 1.

"Random House is rushing to meet the surge in demand for the book. On Monday, the publisher ordered 50,000 copies, bringing the total to 150,000 copies in print by the end of the week."

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More at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/media/odd-fox-news-interview-lifts-reza-aslans-biography-on-jesus.html?_r=0

[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. All those freaks

writing negative comments and rating the book "1" over at Amazon are not going to like this. Of course, none of them have read the book.

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2. Here's the video in case you missed it

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3. Very happy for Reza

This video has over 1/2 a million hits, and the book is not to be missed.

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4. Ouch, I just listened to that interview, and she look really crasy,

She make a fool of herself.

You know, that kind of bad feeling you have when you see someone else so much humiliating itself...

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5. Yes, but

she probably won't be fired. Do ya think she read the book?

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6. It's clear she did not read it to the second page...

Lol

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7. I don't agree

I still say she was doing exactly what she was told to do by her producers

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8. Probably, but poor girl !

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9. she works for Fox...

she gets what she deserves

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10. And she is apparently the religion correspondent!

No need for any further comments.

(At least she's blond.)

On edit: okay, my bad. I couldn't help stereotyping FOX talking heads.

Mea culpa!

[Grammy23]

11. Talk about displaying your ignorance!!!

Just what, pray tell, does she think a Professor of Religion studies in preparation for his or her job??? This woman should never have been allowed to interview this man as she made a perfect ass out of herself. She could have had a pretty interesting interview but she was clearly MORE interested in getting those remarks in that criticized the man's work than in hearing anything he had to say. He spent MOST of that interview schooling that dumb ass on his credentials and background as an academic. She should have already been familiar with that and other than a brief intro she should have focused her interview on the contents of the book and not his motivation for writing it.

She gave away the fact that she had not read it when she began the interview acting as if it was put down of Jesus and Christianity in general. And worse, she came across as if this man had no authority to write about a religion that he does not practice.

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12. The main thing to keep in mind

is that she's a former beauty queen!

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13. "Odd" is an odd word to use in the headline

I'd go with "Attack" or "Inflammatory"