WHO IS STEVEN EMERSON PRIME-TIME SMEARING OF SAMI AL-ARIAN Eric Boehlert Salon.com anti-Arab hysteria NBC Fox News Tribune Company Clear Channel radio disgraced innocent professor's befriended controversial terrorism expert Steve Emerson accused sloppy journalism pervasive anti-Arab bias authority terrorism Oklahoma City bombing case terrorist mentor Emerson naional television accusatory finger Muslims red flag Tribune editors terrorist expert terrorism expert NBC news consultant Steve Emerson Al-Arian's firing. The "investigators" turned out to be...Steve Emerson. In fact, NBC never interviewed a single law enforcement official for its Oct. 28 report. The "Dateline" piece consisted entirely of Emerson, who was given a prime-time platform to air his creative accusations. (Al-Arian refused to appear on the show