Fake Article Prompts NYC Mosque Opponents to Boycott Justin Bieber
- Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:03am by
Meredith Jessup
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The debate over the Ground Zero mosque has Americans’ running on high emotions and short tempers, as evidenced by the latest efforts to boycott the proposed Islamic center project, dubbed “Park 51.”
Some opponents of the project recently launched a boycott of pop star Justin Bieber over the Canadian singer’s reported support for the Ground Zero mosque project. The only problem is, Bieber apparently never endorsed the project, or even discussed it publicly for that matter.
The alleged Bieber-Tiger Beat interview appeared on a website called CelebJihad.com:
In an interview with Tiger Beat, the pop sensation stressed that freedom of religion is what makes America great, and went on to say that those who oppose the Mosque are motivated by bigotry.
“Muslims should be allowed to build a mosque anywhere they want,” the singer said. “Coming from Canada, I’m not used to this level of intolerance, eh.”
Bieber went on to say that Muslims are “super cool,” Christians are “lame-o-rama,” and that the mosque will help “start a dialogue” with all religions about which Justin Bieber song is the most awesome.
“I was like seven when September 11th went down, and frankly I’m surprised people are still going on about it. Move on, already!”
The interview was later discovered to be a complete fabrication, but not before Ground Zero mosque opponents organized an online boycott of Bieber via Facebook:
“Justin took an adult position and spoke out in support of the mosque in tigar beat [sic] magazine,” a page administrator wrote. “He one of the most influential teen sensations … If he is going to play like the big boys he better expect some back lash…”
The website that started the rumor, CelebJihad.com, is actually a self-described “satirical” site that features “published rumors, speculation, assumptions, opinions, fiction as well as factual information.”
Salon.com reached out to the website’s proprietor who confirmed that the Bieber story was a hoax. “[T]he fact that some people take it seriously is hilariously depressing,” he said.
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Comments (57)
Eyeball
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 2:36pmAnother liberal turd star is born.
Report Post »sjohn70037
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:14pmJustin who?
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 11:57amThe victory mosque will never be built at Ground Zero anyway.
Thanks for the diversion about something we hold sacrosanct.
Report Post »jakev
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 11:00amHey, I’m kind of proud of the organizational skills it took to put together the boycott of a Bieber so quickly. Consider the incident a shot over the bow of those entertainers who are stupid enough to say things like this. And believe me, they’re out there.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 5:59pmA couple of dummies falling for a story that couldn’t be more obviously fake and then typing the word boycott on a website is not organizing a boycott. There is no evidence that it ever cost Mr. Bieber the sale of a single song or album.
Report Post »wdg
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 10:57amHow will we ever be able to judge the impact of this Bieber babble? Should he be sent to bed early without dessert?
Report Post »HemiOwner
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 10:51amNice hair helmet on that geek.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:57amExactly, what is the facination with this squeaky voiced little kid? Where are the growups?
Report Post »hiramsmaxim
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:52amTotally misguided youth. Canadian, figures. Possibly the French influence.
Personally I can coexist with just about anyone with the exception of a person capable and desiring to commit terrorist acts because the religion is intolerant of other religions.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 8:48pm“Canadian, figures. Possibly the French influence.”
You don’t know very much about Canada… can you get any more stereotypical? It’s the equivalent of an old Japanese man stepping off a plane in New York and saying “Howdy, cowboy!” to everyone he sees.
The best part is, you didn’t even read the article (or the entire headline) judging from your comment.
Just a tip if you ever come up here: most Canadians aren’t very liberal. Also, they can’t stand the French. The French can’t stand us either, which is why Quebec keeps trying to separate.
“French influence”
LOL…
Report Post »WestOfThePecos
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:16am“I was like seven when September 11th went down, and frankly I’m surprised people are still going on about it. Move on, already!”
This is what concerns me the most. Most youth have no idea about world history, let along American of Canadian history.
Report Post »macwedge
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 8:05amWhy not, every time Obama and his “spokeshole” Gates opens their mouths, they are lying.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:47amPersonally, I think Justin Beiber should be boycotted just for being Justin Beiber, but hey, thats just me.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 8:07amYou said his name twice in one sentence… you know what that means.
Here’s your blindfold. Up against the wall, now. Don’t worry, we’ll make it quick.
Report Post »notreally
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:47amTypical of a Canaduhian parasite (they love that we pay for their military defense), eh? But they live in a fog, anyway:
10/16/09 The Vancouver Sun:
That 2007 report, by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, found 16.8 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 64 smoked marijuana or used other cannabis products in 2004, the highest of any industrialized nation.
Why do they always say “eh?” at the end of each sentence?
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 10:50pmPersonally, I like “eh?“ better than ”….Right?” I am SICK of it.
Report Post »myerstown charlie
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:37amI don’t care where Obama was born and I know he is either an apostate or a liar more than likely both imho an incompetent boob. I don’t know or care who this other guy is but he ought to sue that web site for damages.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:27amAnonymous strikes again!
LOL
Report Post »bigtruck1956
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:26amJust for those who don’t know this kid is a very strong Christian. He has stated this in many interviews. This mag should be sued. I am tired of people using satire as an excuess to defain others.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:52amYeah, theres quite a few who say one thing and do another. Lets see, theres the REVEREND Jesse Jackson, the REVEREND Al Sharpton, or the REVEREND Jim Wallis, or PASTOR Fred Phelps. Just because you say your a mechanic, doesn’t mean you know anything about cars. See what Mr. Bieber does with his claims. Personally, I’ve yet to see anything to demonstrate he is a “Christian” at all.
Report Post »Chad79
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 10:35amOr BO??
Report Post »Akira Gomi
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:04amWhat do you expect from a Candian sissy.
Report Post »CanadianTory
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:40amWhat does his being Canadian have to do with being a weenie. If he were an American he would still be a sissy.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 10:10amGlad all our Canadian friends are not like this gay *****. May him and his boy toy have a long and germ filled life. The ******* have a huge gay population so they will fit right in.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 6:08amI’m already boycotting Justin Bieber for openly denying the holocaust in his Rolling Stones interview from September 8, 2010. So now what.
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 6:51amI‘m not sure if you’re joking or not. Frankly, I don‘t really know who this kid is but he’s not a Holocaust denier either. That’s just another net rumor. I don’t like false news about anyone. I don’t even like all the false stories about Obama. You know, like how he was born in Hawaii and is absolutely not a Muslim.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 6:04pmHappy Killmore
You are correct he’s not a Muslim. I mean sure, he pals around with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but I think that’s just because they’re dating. Everyone knows he’s a Scientologist.
Since you obviously have a severe irony deficiency – yes, I’m just kidding, so was Non-sequitur.
Report Post »demsaredumb
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:49pmBut I heard it right out of his own mouth that he was a Muslim. He told a reporter that he was glad that John MCcain had never attacked his Muslim faith during the campaign. So it must be true.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 4:48amIf you read the above from beginning to end, you will realize that actually, that interview was VERY believable. And there’s nothing hilarious about being depressing.
Report Post »grahampink
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 3:00amI read it on the web, so it must be true.
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:59amIf the go slow of the snow clean up is any indication if a union does not want to do something it does not get done. This Mosque is not going to get done by any union members. Now or ever.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:17amOh Boy………..who the heck cares?
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 7:34amMy sentiments, exactly!
Report Post »timefool
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:03amJustin calling Christianity Lame-o-rama should have been proof enough it was fake.
Report Post »dawgPound
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:20amLet’s be fair, all religions are “lame-o-rama”
“When you realize why you discount other peoples gods, you will understand why i discount yours”
-Christopher Hitchens
EqualJustice
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:33am“[T]he fact that some people take it seriously is hilariously depressing,” he said.”
Report Post »Welcome to the world of CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS, Justin..
dawgPound
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:50amGood thing the blaze used the word “fake” or else this would be like blood in the water. Every Tom, Dick and BillyBob would be losing their minds.
RobertCA
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:33amI was not going anyway Justin who ?????????????? When is David Gilmour touring ?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:47amThis guy :
http://theweek.com/article/index/207050/new-reason-to-vote-democrat-justin-biebers-peace-of-mind
He is verrry influential among the stupid cluless parasites ( of all agea) who vote for Obama
Report Post »racialcoward
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:57amWE HAVE A KENYAN BORN MOSLEM PRESIDENT NOW SO EVERY PLANNED MOSQUE IN AMERICA WILL GET BUILD.
Islam is now the official religion of the US Federal Government. Watch what happens when someone does or says something against a Moslem, the Justice department lands on them with Jack Boots.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:31amIsn’t that special. What’s the bear false witness one…ahhh
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:40amIn todays world we are expected to believe everything we hear as truth and this goes to show that we need the spirit of disernment (sp?) to get fact from fiction. Gossip is a very powerful thing!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Marcobob69
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:44am“By any means necessary”, isn’t that the Saul Alinsky motto??? Fabricate a story here, spread some outright lies there, stir up some racial unrest, etc…….. These progressives are sticking to the playbook, “top down, bottom up, and inside out” just like Van Jones said!!! AGAIN I SAY WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 11:07amOnce again we see the wool pulled over so many peoples eyes – just a few weeks ago there was a story about how a country would welcome Obama for being a muslum as a article on the internet said he stated such.
We do indeed need the spirit of discernment to see light from dark; fact from gossip and outright lies.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/galley/grimm
OhMyGosh
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 12:09pmThis is such a shame. So many of our youth listen to this guy, and are influenced by his music. To have such horrible rumors spread about him, what cruel and soulless people they are.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:28pmThey say,
“The fact that some people take it seriously is hilariously depressing,”
This is exactly how they run their playbook, if there is a controversial issue in America the media and others try to do things like this to make you feel stupid for “getting worked up over nothing” and then continue to desensitize you more and more so they can continue to push their agenda. Their hopes that if they say it enough times and for long enough that you will start to believe it. Just like the mosque, Islam has a stealth agenda to grow speedily in America with as little resistance as possible. It’s the religion of peace you know, it’s misunderstood, it’s a fringe minority that are bad.
Be thankful to people like Terry Jones who have shined a light on what really happens when you disagree with their agenda of domination and intimidation.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 2:01pmmy daughter and her friend we’re just talking about JB last night…saying how cool it was that he says he’s a christian..I suppose this might be why they are attacking him now…
Report Post »racialcoward
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:53amTHIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE LIES AND ATTACKS ON SARAH PALIN.
We always lean weeks later that the Democrat’s attacks and news reports are a lie and never happened. Its always best not to beleive anything a Democrat (No Lables Crowd) say. Its better to stay away from anyone who is a Democrat for your own safety.
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