WaPo Reporter Responds To All The Criticism Of Front-Page Obama Muslim Piece
November 29, 2007 -- 6:09 PM EST // //
Okay, the Washington Post reporter who wrote today's front page article on the rumors that Obama is a Muslim has now responded to all the criticism of the piece he's been getting from readers and elsewhere today.
A number of you have written in to us to say that you had emailed the reporter, Perry Bacon, Jr., and that you had received responses from him. So I went to Bacon, and he sent over a shortened version of the statement he's been sending back to readers:
I thought the facts that 1. these falsehoods persist and 2. Obama make mentions of his time living in a Muslim country on the campaign trail as part of his foreign policy were both worth remarking. I think the story makes clear, including in the candidate's own words, he is a Christian.Anyway, that's Bacon's response. Enter it into the record forthwith.
Update: In a chat with readers today, WaPo reporter Lois Romano addressed the controversy over the story. She observed that Obama has denied being a Muslim, adding that "airing some of this and giving him a chance to deny its accuracy could be viewed as setting the record straight."
Right, but the problem here is that WaPo, and not just Obama, should have "denied the accuracy" of the Obama-is-a-Muslim nonsense. The Obama Muslim smear is based on lies, not "rumors." Bacon in his statement above calls the Obama Muslim smears "falsehoods." But they aren't identified as such in the piece. That's what everyone is yelling about.
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