On July 31, CNN's Paula Zahn Now featured a segment on "whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world, "marking the third time in eight days that CNN has devoted airtime to those claiming that the ongoing Mideast violence signals the coming of the Apocalypse. The segment included a report from CNN correspondent Delia Gallagher, which showed video clips of Christian author Joel C. Rosenberg comparing apocalyptic Scripture in the Bible to modern events. Yet even though Gallagher noted during her report that "some Armageddon believers" think recently passed legislation -- such as the Real ID Act -- are "taking the world a step closer to the End Times," neither Gallagher nor Zahn mentioned Rosenberg's assertion on the July 26 edition of CNN's Live From ... that he has "been invited to the White House, [and] Capitol Hill" to explain the current Middle East conflict "through the lens of biblical prophecies." ... http://tinyurl.com/efwlr

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