Comments on: They Will Believe Anything

By: Bruce Henry

Bruce Henry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:31:46 +0000

Byron York saying he called the Obama campaign and they denied it hardly qualifies as “debunking.”

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:55:45 +0000

How do those fresh-picked cherries taste, Farris?

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:40:05 +0000

OK Quaker, I’ll pick Poligazette who debunk the story without any prompting. Or any of the other 2/3rds who, like Oliver, eventually correct themselves. Or, again, I’ll point to National Review, whose first mention of it was to debunk it.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:31:04 +0000

Quaker: Click the link OW provided–the one on the words “this insane story.” That link will take you to memorandum.com where you’ll see this:
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See that list of right-wing blogs? Take your pick!

D’oh! I used the link on that page to get to the “story” and didn’t stop to see the stuff that was below it.

Thanks.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:23:57 +0000

Because all major news organizations use a free wordpress.com account as their home page and then link to their regular site africanpress.com that is a non-registered domain (though I expect that to change very shortly). Oh and the number they say to call to verify the story – it goes to Norway. I called it and asked if it was the African Press International and the guy just hung up. But the wingnuts are still drinking that kool-aid

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:20:31 +0000

Wow, you mean when I got reports incorrect about believable things and then corrected myself? This report was the equivalent of an alien sighting and your con pals (and maybe you) bought it hook, line and sinker.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:09:44 +0000

what is Save Ferris trying to say with these links?

He’s saying, “Over there! Look!”

By: Bruce Henry

Bruce Henry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:38:04 +0000

Maybe I’m dense, but what is Save Ferris trying to say with these links?

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:33:50 +0000

I mean seriously...

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:32:55 +0000

No really, who is they?

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:32:05 +0000

Who is this they that you speak of?

By: dons

dons — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:54:13 +0000

Fools rush in. If it looks too good to be true, it isn’t.

By: Duros Hussein 62

Duros Hussein 62 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:51:27 +0000

Wow, all the mouth-breathers in one easy-to-ignore place.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:44:46 +0000

Farris, Sean:

Click the link OW provided–the one on the words “this insane story.”

That link will take you to memorandum.com where you’ll see this:

See that list of right-wing blogs? Take your pick!

By: PG

PG — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:26 +0000

Um, the con media that was shown ON THE PAGE OW LINKED as discussing the story? Cut and pasted for your viewing pleasure:

–Discussion:
P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org: Will MSM Investigate Alleged Angry Phone Call by Michelle …
Gateway Pundit: African Press: Michelle Obama Lashes Out at “White Racists” …
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com: African Press Publishes Shocking Michelle Obama Quotes?
Sbieller / http://www.redstate.com: Did the truth about B Hussein Obama’s plan to push his Muslim …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT: MICHELLE ON WARPATH, BERATES …
Confederate Yankee: Michelle Obama Blasts African News for Supporting the “Racists” …
Michael van der Galien / PoliGazette: OK – ODS is Real
Texasdarlin / td blog: Breaking* Did Michelle Confirm Barack is Indonesian? [Update x2]
Maggie M. Thornton / Wake up America: Michelle Obama to African Press: Bribes and “No Law Will Stop My Husband…”
Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?: “IT IS STRANGE THAT API HAS CHOSEN TO SUPPORT THE RACISTS AGAINST MY HUSBAND”
Ted Belman / Israpundit: Michelle, “even if my husband was able to prove that he is not a Muslim”
HillBuzz: Did Michelle finally admit Obama was adopted by Indonesian stepfather?

See also the ABCNews post that OW linked that begins, ‘The conservative blogs are all atwitter about a bizarre interview allegedly with Michelle Obama on a website called “African Press International.” … This morning my inbox is filled with the “WHY ARENT YOU COVERING THIS?” emails on the subject. The answer is: because it doesn’t appear to be in any way real.’

The literacy level exhibited in the comments here is not encouraging.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:19:00 +0000

OW, you provide a link to the API story (actually, a link to a link to the API story) and a link to a ABC story calling it “100 % Bogus”. Yet your main point that “the con media has swarmed around it” comment goes unsupported.

I don’t frequent right wing blogs so am not sure where to look, but I can’t find any mention of this story at Fox News, Redstate, Michelle Malkin or the couple of others I thought to look at.

So, where’s the beef?

By: jkarczek

jkarczek — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:08:31 +0000

SaveFarris – So the dozen and counting right or right leaning websites linked to Memeorandum who are reporting this as the gospel count as what? And their commenters who have likewise gobbled this story up whole without question, how about them? I’ll give credit to NRO for at least posting a denial from the Obama campaign, but it’s not like they did an investigation or anything to explore the veracity of the “interview”. In the end, the denial by Obama’s campaign will be seen as a coverup by those who are devouring this kind of nonsense. You know it’s true. Just like the ACORN people who keep trying to spin their massive lack of oversight by implying that the whole thing is some great right wing conspiracy to suppress the votes of poor people, this is a case of partisans who are either blind followers or believe the end always justifies the means.

By: Gene Gaudette

Gene Gaudette — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:58:24 +0000

SPOILER ALERT! Halfway through Season Four of Battlestar Galactica, it will be revealed that the final Cylon is… President Barack Obama, returned to unite the humans and cylons in a new golden age, fulfilling the Kobol prophecy, “All this has happened before, all this will happen again.”

I’m hpoing Obama names Tricia “Number 6″ Helfer as the nation’s first Secretary of Hawt…

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:45:26 +0000

The stilted diction of these “interviews” should be a dead giveaway.

By: Bijan C. Bayne

Bijan C. Bayne — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:15:43 +0000

Well, does it?