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M.I.A. is full of controversy lately, the Super Bowl snafu, her possible baby daddy issues and now a Twitter fight with Anderson Cooper. M.I.A. accused Anderson of calling her a ‘terrorist’…in reference to the documentary “The Killing Fields,” which chronicles the 2009 assault on the Tamil Tigers by the Sri Lankan army. M.I.A. is of Sri Lankan descent, and her father, Arul Pragasam, is a Tamil activist according to MTV. Anderson responds after the jump…
@AndersonCooper called me a terrorist for speaking out , and expressed support for the SLgov when this was happening
someone should make @AndersonCooper watch it / film it and show the world what happens when respected journos get it wrong #killingfields
someone should make @AndersonCooper watch it / film it and show the world what happens when respected journos get it wrong #killingfields
@andersoncooper in 2009 u linked to a articl that was written about me with false info. there was a rebuttal on ur 360 site.
@andersoncooper 2 months later 1ce every tamil had been silenced including me, the SLGOV carried out the killing of 40, 000 civilians
@andersoncooper p.s thank you for defending my finger , please watch Channel4 #killingfields by @jonsnowC4 .
@miauniverse I can understand your frustration if someone wrote untrue things about you, and I’m glad you were able to respond.
@andersoncooper im glad u understand but please watch #killingfields because this is what i was trying to say.
Anderson had not clue what M.I.A. was talking about,
What are you talking about?RTÂ @MIAuniverse:Â @AndersonCoopercalled me a terrorist for speaking out , and expressed support for the SLgov
@miauniverse, you are mistaken. I never called you a terrorist. I don’t even know who you are other than the lady who sang at superbowl.
@miauniverse. by the way, I defended your finger pointing at the superbowl, so check your facts. I’ve no idea what youre tweeting about.
@miauniverse you’ve gone from saying “I wrote”, “I called you,” to saying my cnn show blog had a link to an article. Big difference
@miauniverse we link to many articles with different viewpoints, and we gave you an opportunity to respond.
@miauniverse I can understand your frustration if someone wrote untrue things about you, and I’m glad you were able to respond.
@miauniverse ….and the brutal war in SL has not gotten enough coverage in the US, and I know that very upsetting.
Maybe it was just a misunderstanding…
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