{"id":46149,"date":"2017-03-08T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=46149"},"modified":"2017-03-08T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:50:00","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-hawaii-terrible-malicious-presentation-hinduism-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=46149","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii on the terrible malicious presentation of Hinduism on CNN."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While good people across our country are working hard to increase mutual understanding and respect between people of different religions, I am very disturbed that CNN is using its power and influence to increase people\u2019s misunderstanding and fear of Hinduism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_li\">\n<div id=\"globalContainer\" class=\"uiContextualLayerParent\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"fb_content clearfix \">\n<div id=\"mainContainer\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"_1qkq _1ql0\">\n<div class=\"_3-8y\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"pagelet_timeline_main_column\" class=\"_1qkq _1qkx\">\n<div id=\"id_58c0267171a9f7b55594022\" data-referrer=\"id_58c0267171a9f7b55594022\">\n<div id=\"u_0_1s\">\n<div class=\"_1xnd\">\n<div class=\"_1xnd\">\n<div class=\"_4-u2 _4-u8\">\n<div class=\"_427x\">\n<div id=\"u_a_b\" class=\"_4-u2 mbm _5jmm _5pat _5v3q _4-u8\" data-ftr=\"1\" data-fte=\"1\">\n<div id=\"u_a_c\" class=\"_3ccb\" data-gt=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;click2canvas&quot;,&quot;fbsource&quot;:703,&quot;ref&quot;:&quot;nf_generic&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"userContentWrapper _5pcr\">\n<div class=\"_1dwg _1w_m _2ph_\">\n<div id=\"js_11\" class=\"_5pbx userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"id_58c0268d8410f9e54698515\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span class=\"text_exposed_hide\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\nCNN on Sunday aired the first episode of a new series called \u201cBeliever\u201d hosted by Reza Aslan. For this episode, Aslan apparently sought to find sensationalist and absurd ways to portray Hinduism. Aslan and CNN did not just throw a harsh light on a sect of wandering ascetics to create shocking visuals\u2014as if touring a zoo\u2014but repeated false stereotypes about caste, karma and reincarnation that Hindus have been combating tirelessly. CNN promotional materials and trailers that included a scene showing a group of Hindus under a caption, \u201cCANNIBALS,\u201d perpetuated bizarre and ugly impressions of Hindus and their religion.<br \/>\nCNN knows well that sensational, and even false reporting about religions only fosters ignorance that can lead to terrible consequences. Indeed, Hindus are still reeling after witnessing terrible hate crimes in the last few weeks alone. Our nation celebrates religious pluralism and diversity, and CNN must do more to foster greater respect for people of different religions.<br \/>\nIt is my sincere hope that CNN and Aslan will engage with the Hindu community moving forward to resolve the pain and outrage that the \u201cBeliever\u201d episode on Hinduism has engendered in the community.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While good people across our country are working hard to increase mutual understanding and respect between people of different religions, I am very disturbed that CNN is using its power and influence to increase people\u2019s misunderstanding and fear of Hinduism. &#8230; CNN on Sunday aired the first episode of a new series called \u201cBeliever\u201d hosted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}