[See NewsBusters for more.] After armed gunmen opened fire at a free speech event in Texas on Sunday, all three networks on Monday chided the sponsor organization as "notorious" or "controversial." The American Freedom Defense Initiative created a contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad and while ABC's Good Morning America covered the details of the crime, co-host George Stephanopoulos wondered: "How about the event itself, the organizers said it was organized to take a stand for free speech. Is it fair, also, to call it anti-Muslim?" Reporter Ryan Owens spun, "A group called American Freedom Defense Initiative, notorious for its anti-Islamic views, hosting this award ceremony to give $10,000 to the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad." He also referred to the organization as "controversial."
