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AP Correction: ‘Grandma Obama’ is a Muslim!

March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Associated Press reported in an article March 5 that Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother in Kenya was a Christian. Six days later, AP issued a correction: “Grandma Obama” is a Muslim after all. How did such a blatant falsehood — known in journalism circles as an “error in fact” — make its way past [...]

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Why is ‘Grandma Obama’ Still Living in a Hut?

December 29th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Speaking before a crowd of would-be voters in Coralville, Iowa, yesterday, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said the following, according to ABC News Political Radar: “It’s that experience, that understanding, not just of what world leaders I went and talked to in the ambassadors house I had tea with, but understanding the lives of the [...]

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