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To: curiosity
Yes they did change it, once WND made them aware of their error. Furthermore, they didn't just scrub the error. At the very bottom of the story, they acknowledged the error and stated it was the writer's.

So you withheld that knowledge... misleading the readers by not crediting WND . You gave the impression that UPI on their own recognizance, out of the goodness of their hearts, made the correction on their own.

Can you read? What part of "error made by the writer" can't you understand?

If it was an error by the writer, then Obama could not have been the original source.

On the contrary again. Someone in the Obama family could have been the source.

And I read and comprehend better than most. You'll notice in my last post to you that I questioned UPI, if they did "a real" investigation on what happened?

An error by the writer? The correction is sufficiently ambiguous that we do not know what type of error? No details. Was the error because UPI believes was an error by their source(s), or was it that UPI just made the crap up? Without seeing the real Obama birth certificate, either one of the listing of Obama's birth hospitals could be an error.

Yes we do. Obama and every single member of his family has always maintained he was born at Kapiolani. The fact that exactly one reporter made an error and said it was Queens doesn't change that.

I don't trust the Obamas telling the truth. It appears that you do - you take their words as truth by swallowing them hook line and sinker.

498 posted on 01/07/2010 11:25:21 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
On the contrary again. Someone in the Obama family could have been the source.

No, because then it would be the family member's error, not the writer's.

An error by the writer? The correction is sufficiently ambiguous that we do not know what type of error? No details.

True, but the description is sufficient to establish that the writer did not get the information from Obama.

Was the error because UPI believes was an error by their source(s), or was it that UPI just made the crap up?

Most likely the UPI reporter got the information from an unreliable source, such as Wikipedia, and UPI is too embarrassed to admit that detail.

In fact, I'd be willing to bet quite a sum on the proposition that the reporter got the erroneous information from Wikipedia.

UPI isn't exactly the cream of the journalism profession.

Without seeing the real Obama birth certificate, either one of the listing of Obama's birth hospitals could be an error.

True, Obama has lied a lot, and if he had something to gain by lying about being born at Kapiolani, I would be more skeptical.

But he has nothing to gain from lying about the hospital. Whether he was born at Kapiolani, or Queens, or at home is irrelevant to his eligibility. So long as he was born in Hawaii, as proven by state records, it doesn't matter.

509 posted on 01/07/2010 12:52:40 PM PST by curiosity
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