While the story does provide some information about the misinformation instances that are going on, it fails to detail the means and the sources of this misinformation. In addition, I would have liked to hear about the true story and the sources of that information.

The radical right wing is adept at spawning slurs that have plausible deniability by the party. Investigative journalism into the sources of some would be instructive. The bigotry exploiting dark hates related to race, religion, and economic class would each be fertile grounds to explore how many of the people who believe the lies about Barack also harbor those bigoted beliefs. There is a corollary danger that if the reich wing cannot defeat him in the baloting, they will constrain ... More »

Pretty good coverage of the traction false rumors about Obama get, how it affects perceptions of people, and what he and his campaign are doing about it. That said, it doesn't go into great depth about any of these points. I would prefer more about the historical context and why the internet changes the landscape so much.

The article details the how smear emails despite their debunking on Snopes has plagued Obama w. a link to Snopes and looks at how the internet has changed politics to both help and hurt Obama and how he has supposedly has changed his behavior to counteract the smears. It also lists a link to the a Pew study on how many people believe that Obama is Muslim or don't know because they have heard varied reports. I looked at the report and there is no mention in it of the source of the ... More »

Reporter, Barak Obama "you are un-American." Your middle name is Huessein. Barack you are a threat to the mainstream white America. With your faith, patriotism and citizenship. Smear campaigns are a viral threat. 1 in 10 in the Pew survey people believe Obama is a Muslim. Obama needs to prove he is a full America.Chuck Rocha United Steelworkers "Barac Obama families history is similar to a Horatio Aler tale" he grew up a regular kid.

This opinion piece has minmal journalistic value. The author did no research on the topic, or he would realize how mild the attacks on Obama have been. This campaign is one of the mildest on record. He does not know Adams and Jefferson and 1800. He could have read any of hundreds of far left blogs, such as MoveOn, to find real hate speech. Even the Washington Post has had pleas to assassinate President Bush on its blogs just this week.

The story informs the reader of the struggle Obama will be facing...and is facing...in the 2008 presidential election.