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How Terry Jones Outfoxed the Media

Canny crackpot managed to grab world's attention

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2010 7:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church were ignored when they filmed themselves burning a Koran in 2008, but Terry Jones managed to grab headlines worldwide. The Florida pastor, the New York Times finds, managed to make himself a major news story by... Read full story »

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