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The Obama Media Smear-Machine

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by Joseph Farah I don't like to spend my time chronicling the lies of the Barack Obama media machine. But sometimes it is imperative in this ugly age of derivative, copycat, gotcha-style, blame-the-messenger pseudo-journalism – where anyone sitting in the comfort of their easy chair thinks he has license to smear the few who actually take boots-on-the-ground reporting seriously. This is one of those moments. It's no secret to anyone that much of the establishment press in the U.S., and even worldwide, is little more than an amen chorus for the man in the White House. And there is a concerted effort under way, among some armchair pundits, to defame one of the most courageous young journalists in the world who happens to work for me. His name is Aaron Klein and he serves as Jerusalem bureau chief for WND. In that role, he has set a new standard of daring and bravery, interviewing in person some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. He even wrote a book about his experien...

Wikipedia Blocks Users from Posting Criticism of Obama

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FROM THE REAL BARACK OBAMA Klein: Eligibility issue sparks ‘edit war’. Wikipedia blocks users from posting criticism of Obama In a follow-up to his March 8 post, Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility. Mention of citizenship issues deleted within minutes, ‘offending’ users banned from website, Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for World Net Daily, wrote last evening, March 9: A WND article reporting yesterday that Wikipedia had been scrubbing President Obama’s biography of criticism has resulted in an “edit war” on the website in which a large number of users were barred from posting on key issues, including any mention of challenges to Obama’s eligibility. Ultimately, administrators at Wikipedia, the online “free encyclopedia” mega-site written and edited by its users, entirely locked Obama’s page so that only top editors could make changes to the entry – and only if a change is supported by a consensus of editors. A perusal through Obama’s Wikipedia entry yesterday found a heavily guar...