on burning holy books, or: how to create a media buzz.

referring to the post below -- i just saw on the CNN webpage that there now is a Press Review up "Who will stop 'crazy' Quran-burning priest?" (link)

as noted below, the church has a sign up with the mission statement: "Dove World Outreach Center". reading this now again, it's hard to escape the fact that they for sure found a way to provoke huge media coverage for his statements, and ways to "reach out" into the world. as CNN states in the Press Review: "Newspapers from the town at the center of the Florida Quran-burning controversy and across the Muslim world have expressed outrage over a church's plan to set fire to copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks."

we are talking about 1 person here, and about an event that hasn't even happened. the focus of the discussion is: "Many papers question why U.S. authorities are powerless to prevent burning". my question would be: why give such huge coverage to statements / an event that probably would have gone unnoticed without the coverage, and that sparks angry protests now across the world, which again gives more attention? this church managed to set a whole media machine in motion and the coverage they receive is "priceless" in a very disturbing way.

i guess i will write a letter to CNN. see if they answer.

okay. letter is sent. the CNN online contact page is: link.