Here's how the right's big eleventh-hour smear on Obama was carried out.
First the Murdoch-owned Times of London reported Thursday that Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, is living in a Boston public-housing complex. It's unclear how the paper learned of the woman's presence in the U.S.
From there, the story quickly got taken up by the right-wing echo chamber. Fox News (also Murdoch-owned, of course), Drudge, the Boston Herald, and various ...
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Interesting breakdown of how the story about Obama's aunt was spread by different media sources in the course of just a few hours. The author points to the fact that the story was first picked up by publications owned by Rupert Murdoch, then rapidly transmitted through the Drudge Report and right-wing websites. It also suggests that the Bush administration may have played a role in leaking the information, allegedly to influence the upcoming election -- however, no conclusive ... More »
This story tracks the publication history of news concerning Obama's aunt living in Boston from it's origin in Rupert Murdoch's London Times up to an AP story. The theme of this article is an unsupported suspicion that the leak of information by government sources is a political smear orchestrated by McCain supporters.
Roth has taken a bold look at the underpinnings of the latest smear on candidate Barack Obama. Isn't it interesting to note the critical timing of illegal "leaks" of information from federal agencies.
It seems implausible that this is not the tip of an investigative iceberg that will shame our government for many years to come.
But note the way in which AP seems to have obtained the information. High up in the story, it reports: Information about the deportation case was disclosed and ... More »
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