Quran burning http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/19702/all en NBC Reporter Claims Quran Burnings Latest in 'A Long Line of Insults' to Afghanistan by U.S. http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-reporter-claims-quran-burnings-latest-long-line-insults-afghanistan-us <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> Reporting on violent protests in Afghanistan following accidental Quran burnings for Monday's NBC Today, correspondent Atia Abawi declared the incident <strong>"...follows a long line of insults that has intensified the public outrage towards the U.S.</strong>, including last year's intentional burning of a Koran by a pastor in Florida and the video of U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters." [<em>Listen to <a href="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012-02-27-NBC-TDAY-Abawi.mp3">the audio</a></em>]</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-reporter-claims-quran-burnings-latest-long-line-insults-afghanistan-us" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Afghanistan Atia Abawi NBC Quran burning Today U.S. military Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:00:28 +0000 kyle.drennen 39261 at http://archive2.mrc.org