Viral e-mails attack Obama's life story

Prefacing a question about the challenges of winning over white, blue-collar voters, the reporter offered this observation: "They think you are un-American," he said.

Such questions, asked by reporters and plainly on the minds of voters in Appalachia and elsewhere, are the fruits of an unprecedented, subterranean e-mail campaign.

What began as a demonstrably false attempt to cast Obama as a Muslim has now metastasized into something far ... Full Story »

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by Joe Pallas - May. 22, 2008

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.

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