Busted!

NBC's Dateline program put out a call for Muslims - but only those who "look Muslim" - to parade around at a NASCAR event, hoping to draw a hostile reaction from red-state "bigots" that NBC could film. Dateline wanted to stage a fake news story intended to discredit NASCAR fans (i.e., conservatives) by catching them in the act of bigotry. It didn't work. The NBC crew was "apparently on site in Martinsville, VA, walked around and no one bothered them," NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said.

NBC vows to continue its search for anti-Muslim sentiment somewhere in America: "We were intrigued by the results of a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll and other articles regarding increasing anti-Muslim sentiments in the United States. It's very early on in our newsgathering process, but be assured we will be visiting a number of locations across the country and are confident that our reporting team is pursuing this story in a fair manner." Yeah, right.

Maybe this a new NBC reality show - 'Trolling For Rednecks'.