Twenty-eight million swing-state voters received an anti-Islam DVD in 2008.
Evidence
In 2008, in the lead-up to the elections, a DVD copy of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War against the West was inserted into seventy different newspapers and mailed to 28 million voters in swing states. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 766
Categorization
- CANDY: A striking, concrete distribution figure anecdotally illustrating the reach of right-wing Islamophobic media.
- XREF: Supports ch.12-13 claims on well-funded Islamophobia network media reach surpassing progressives. — connects to: A single documentary DVD reached 28 million swing-state voters in 2008; A coordinated 28-million-DVD smear campaign targeted swing-state voters in 2008. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 836; Election-season mass DVD distribution delivered anti-Muslim propaganda to swing voters — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 30 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Election-season mass DVD distribution delivered anti-Muslim propaganda to swing voters
#corroborates(0.90) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 30 - A single documentary DVD reached 28 million swing-state voters in 2008
#expands(0.85) - A coordinated propaganda campaign distributed millions of anti-Muslim films in swing states
#corroborates(0.80) - A coordinated 28-million-DVD smear campaign targeted swing-state voters in 2008.
#corroborates(0.75) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 836