The next time journalists attack bloggers, slap ‘em with this piece November 29, 2007
Posted by Evil Bender in News and politics, wingnuts.trackback
Some Barack Obama critics have made up a bunch of lies about him being a secret Muslim. The stories are bogus, and have been debunked repeatedly.
But that didn’t stop the Washington Post from running an inexplicable front-page story.
Despite his denials, rumors and e-mails circulating on the Internet continue to allege that Obama (D-Ill.) is a Muslim, a “Muslim plant” in a conspiracy against America, and that, if elected president, he would take the oath of office using a Koran, rather than a Bible, as did Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the only Muslim in Congress, when he was sworn in earlier this year.
Despite his “denials”? What about “despite reality“? The words “lie” and “deception” were conveniently left out of the lengthy piece.
This is what passes as journalism in this country: reporting opposing claims without any effort to detirmine the facts. Obama is not a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and that madrasa the piece mentions? A secular school where girls and boys play together at recess: sounds like a hotbed of fundamentalism to me!
Where is the shame among the MSM? There are verifiable facts: repeating baseless lies as “one side of the issue” is inexcusable.
What happens with the “Fourth Estate” becomes nothing but a mouthpiece for spin and lies? Oh, right.
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