I’ve often expressed the view that if Jesus came to modern day American, his message would be so incredibly inconvenient that the conservative right would promptly call for his death. This video (which I first caught at Daily Dish) develops that same idea. The video takes the form of a political attack ad on Jesus:
This is like saying that self centered Americans would somehow not try to find something bad to say about a squeaky clean politician.
Who ever controls the fourth estate aka "the news media" pushes the public winds of opinion.
When business, political or religious leaders think they are in distress of losing their influence over the news media they will take nearly any action to leave their mark upon the current workings of society.
Karl,
I think that was the whole point.