“Newspapers in Swing States Are Delivering Anti-Islam DVDs to Voters”

The campaign finance angle to this:

    Gregory Ross, the spokesman for the Clarion group, which produced and is distributing the DVD, told the Harrisburg Patriot-News that the movie was being delivered to 28 million homes throughout the month of September and that the intention was not to sway voters to either candidate.
    The Clarion Fund is a shadowy non-profit group created to “educate Americans about issues of national security,” according to its website. The staff and organizational information of the group is not listed on the website.
    Clarion Fund was founded by the writer and executive produce of Obsession, Israeli-Canadian Raphael Shore. The group also runs the website Radicalislam.org — an educational site which implores its readers to “take action against radical Islam” by exploring its resources under four headings: “fueling terror, “Sharia law,” vote 2008, and “radical Islam overview.”
    Because of Clarion Fund’s non-profit, tax-exempt status, it is not permitted to sway voters in a partisan manner. But Radicalislam.org reportedly was, until it was recently pointed out in the media, carrying an article that explicitly endorsed Sen. John McCain.

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