Ground Zero Mosque Opponents Target Justin Bieber, Citing Fake Interview

By Marc Schneider Posted Dec 30th 2010 04:21PM

An article published by sophomoric website CelebJihad.com that quotes Justin Bieber praising the so-called Ground Zero Mosque and calling Christians "lame-o-rama" has apparently fooled enough opponents of the project to launch an anti-Biebs campaign.

The much-publicized 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge and a Facebook group calling themselves "Boycott companies who support the Ground Zero Mosque" have included the Canadian tween singer on a list of entities to shun economically because of their support for the officially-named Cordoba House.

Andy Sullivan, who founded 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge, a group of construction workers vowing to not work on the site, told a New York radio station in early December that a Bieber boycott stems from an article he heard about in Tiger Beat magazine. In an interview with Salon, he talked about breaking the news to his 8-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son.

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"I informed them, 'Hey guys, guess what? Justin Bieber spoke out for the ground zero mosque," Sullivan said. "My little girl took down his poster and said she didn't want to have nothing to do with him anymore. These are my kids. They're living this thing."

So, what exactly did Bieber reportedly tell Tiger Beat? In August, the oft-pornographic satirical site CelebJihad.com (sample headline: "Jessica Alba Spreads Her Legs, Contemplates Her Life") published a report on an interview they say was from Tiger Beat, which covers Bieber, 16, like white on rice.

"Muslims should be allowed to build a mosque anywhere they want," the singer said. "Coming from Canada, I'm not used to this level of intolerance, eh."

Bieber went on to say that Muslims are "super cool," Christians are "lame-o-rama," and that the mosque will help "start a dialogue" with all religions about which Justin Bieber song is the most awesome.

"I was like seven when September 11th went down, and frankly I'm surprised people are still going on about it. Move on, already!"

Justin Elliott over at Salon reached CelebJihad's editor and he confirmed the obvious: the article is satire. Further, the site even carries a handy-dandy disclaimer that could aid future readers: "CelebJihad.com is a satirical website containing published rumors, speculation, assumptions, opinions, fiction as well as factual information."

A scan of Tiger Beat's online presence delivers plenty of Bieber, but no Mosque talk.

Since the fake-ness of the article has been made known, the owner of the "Boycott companies who support..." Facebook page has tried to clarify. "We are waiting for comment from Tiger Beat Magazine to verify the article we quoted. However, our source of information was not based on the obviously false quotes from celebjihad."

Which article they quoted to justify adding Bieber to the boycott (and to make him their poster child) has yet to be determined.

But until then, commenters on the Facebook page are having a blast.

► Kathy Fowler: YOU'VE BEEN PUNKED! Hey Sullivan. You broke your daughter's heart over a false internet rumor. Way to go.

► Corey Hart: Dear Stupid Admins: the Justin Bieber story was a hoax. As are, apparently, the rumors that your collective IQ exceeds 3.

Bieber and Tiger Beat have yet to comment on the controversy.

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Thursday 30 December

By John padrick murry

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0that kid doesnt know what he is talking about typical lib kid.

By whtfng19535

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Amen to that-typical sheboy.

Friday 31 December

By Dbcoll1957

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I an't stand the kid's music, but I just read your post. did you read the article? He never said any of this... it was posted by someone us a joke. My god you're an idiot. You've been watching Fox News so much you let anything someone prints think for you... dimwit.

By MRBILL

You people are worse than the other morons that started this BS because you can't or won't take the time to READ the article before you pounce on a 16 year old kid.

By BTDT

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Good heavens, I'm surrounded by fools.

By junior

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How about the Beatles????? Same hairstyles just decades apart.

John, my sentiments exactly!

Another MORON. Please learn to read.

By jymwrite

Just goes to show you the conservative reactionaries will jump on any bandwagon whether there's facts to support it as long as they can vent their venom and hate.

By sirboss

If you look at it you can't tell if it has a "pee pee' or a "Tinkle", my guess is tinkle.

By Rod

How old are you?

By gregg

i cant stand justin bieber but i do agree
that people need to get over 9-11.

gregg i guess you didnt have any relations killed in 9/11. I cuse you with somthing personal in your life to help you remember 9/11.

By rick

Hey, Greg. I have a suggestion for you. Why not move to Mecca, Medina or Baghdad or Damascas. Or better yet, why don't you go straight to Hell!

By Dennis

Remember what June said to Ward on the Leave It To Beaver Show,

O ' Ward , Don't be so hard on the Beaver

By linkin park rock

Oh get a life would it be any different had the terrorist been from Israel stop medeling with peoples affairs christians aren't so squeeky clean either

By pat

It's amazing what people will believe. I guarantee you, every single one of these people has never voted, and thinks beer is a food group.

By Buckwheat

Isn't Justin a strange name for a little girl?

Buckwheat,

And your name?

By olivia

I CANT CANT STAND JUSTIN BIEBER WHO IS NOT TALENTED HE IS ANNOYING AND STUPID! GINA WE WHO HATE JUSTIN BIEBER REALLY HATE HIM WERE NOT CLOSET BIEBER FAN'S CAUSE FRANKLY JUSTIN IS A HACK AND TALENTLESS HE WILL BE GONE IN TWO OR THREE YEARS!

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