dollars to make american scared of muslims the report and titled fear corporate it the roots of islamophobia network in america documents how huge amounts of money have been funneled into the so-called experts and scholars to infect the internet and cable news outlets with false and muslim narratives you've probably heard that president obama is a secret muslim that mosques are being used around the nation as terrorist recruitment camps and that shari'ah laws of hurting our legal system none of that is true. but all of these myths have taken hold in the national debate expression on fox news for more on this report and the manufactured fear of muslims gripping this nation i'm joined by one of the authors basher care vice president at the center for american progress and editor in chief of progress at work as well come. so fast in your opinion all of us here campaign i mean what's this all about well there's been a small network of experts who've been working for a decade to try to scare americans about the presence of islam in america they have been at it with vigor and with a great deal of commitme

american progress has released one hundred thirty page report called here inc the roots of the islamophobia network in america how they detail the flow of money that has allowed islamophobia to enter the mainstream in this country over the last ten years and it's no small amount in fact more than forty two million dollars has been poured in by seven foundations all to the hands of a few so-called scholars experts that have tarnished our discussion by spreading hate by spreading fear and most importantly by spreading lots see it would be naive to say that nine eleven didn't permeate many american minds but it didn't change our outlook on the world but at the same time americans still do believe in human rights and civil rights they wouldn't be convinced that some of us deserve different treatment and deserve to be spied on a locked. tortured of somebody wasn't feeding of lies and fear about those individuals even lies about our own president that he's a secret muslim these i'm going to read this report to realize that the sudden upsurge in hate towards muslims or fear of sharia realize that's been m

bowling was discussing the center for american progress report entitled here the roots of the islamophobia network in america as we've discussed on the show the six month report looked into the funding behind the islamophobia frenzy here in america and they found seven foundations are spending more than forty million dollars to help spread now they include the donors capital fund the richard mellon scaife foundation and linden harry bradley foundation the newton and michelle backer found a. the new international backer charitable trust the russell barry foundation the anchorage charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the fair book foundation that is now moving on the report also highlight the five so called experts these would be frank gaffney daniel pipes david your shalvey robert spencer and steven emerson so these are the people that in the report are accused of taking the foundations money spreading islamophobia on air online and a number of events so as you can imagine this report kind of pitstop right wing land here in america including eric bolling take a look at me the point

trail of seven organizations who fueled more than forty million dollars and what they call the islamophobia network and those foundations are the donors capital fund the richard mellon scaife foundation for lyndon harry bradley foundation the newton and rachelle bakker foundation and michelle becker charitable trust the russell very foundation the anchorage charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the foundation now this report also highlights five so called experts frank gaffney daniel pipes david your shalmi robert spencer and steven anderson so how exactly does this money flow and. what is the purpose behind it joining me to discuss it is accurate editor in chief of think progress and vice president of the center for american progress i think so much for being right for having me and i'm very curious this was a six month long investigation this is quite an extensive report you guys put out how do you put all the pieces together and how do you make the direct line between these foundations and these experts how exactly does the money get to that because i was saying we wanted to end