Posted on 06/28/2008 10:36:43 AM PDT by kristinn
The Washington Post published an article today in the Style section about researcher Danielle Allen's efforts to track down who is behind allegations that presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (Illinois) is a Muslim. Allen is an Obama supporter who works for the Institute for Advanced Study.
The article was written by Matthew Mosk. A curious choice for The Post considering Mosk's involvement in the nefarious MD4Bush scandal in which Mosk claimed to have been given access to a Free Republic poster's account to expose a Maryland GOP government appointee who was alleged to have commented on rumors that a Maryland Democratic mayor was an adulterer.
Mosk displayed the same talent for exposing Freepers' identities in today's article that he did in the MD4Bush scandal. However, the only person he exposed then was the Republican. The person (or persons) behind the MD4Bush screen name was not reported by Mosk.
The article Mosk wrote today purports to be about efforts to track down where the 'Obama is a Muslim' allegations began. However, it is actually a warning shot across the bow to opponents of Obama that they will be tracked down and exposed for speaking ill of the Obamessiah.
Mosk even makes sure to let Obamaniacs know who is behind Free Republic and where he can be found:
Of the file folders that are spread in neat rows across Allen's desk, only one is bulging. It holds printouts of the reams of conversations about Obama's religion appearing on Free Republic. Since its start in 1996 by Jim Robinson of Fresno, Calif....
The effort by The Post to protect Obama from rumors is in stark contrast to how they promoted potentially candidacy-damaging rumors eight-years ago.
When George W. Bush ran for president in 1999, The Washington Post led the way in rumor-mongering about whether he used cocaine in his youth. Bush refused to deny cocaine use saying that denying rumors just leads to having to deny more and more rumors. No one ever came forward with allegatons that they had first-hand knowledge of Bush using cocaine, but that didn't stop The Post and the mainstream media as painting Bush as a cokehead. No reporter ever asked Bill Clinton about cocaine use, even though several people known to Clinton claimed to have first-hand knowledge of Clinton using the drug while in public office.
While Mosk ignores The Post's own rumor-mongering, he leaves the impression of Free Republic as the rumor mill of the right. A fair reporter would have noted that Freepers exposed the fraudulent Texas Air National Guard documents that CBS News used in its attempt to derail President Bush's reelection bid in 2004. Buckhead, the Freeper who called foul on the documents, was tracked down by the Los Angeles Times even though he did not post his name on Free Republic.
Mosk's article closes with Allen complaining that the Internet has become as influential as unions and political action committees (PACs) in elections. Unstated is that the political activities of unions and PACs are heavily regulated by the federal government.
Allen seriously misunderstands the right to anonymous political speech--equating political speech with the right of a citizen to face his accuser when charged with a crime by the government:
..."This kind of misinformation campaign short-circuits judgment. It also aggressively disregards the fundamental principle of free societies that one be able to debate one's accusers."
While Mosk and The Post are furiously protecting Obama from the Obama is a Muslim allegation, they steadfstly refuse to report on Obama's well-documented connection to the terrorist supporter and Osama bin Laden sympathizer, Jodie Evans, co-founder of the anti-American group Code Pink.
The Post article claims that the Internet's danger to politics is the ability to spread rumors anonymously. The real danger is the left's willingness to use the Internet to track down and destroy its perceived enemies. Allen and Mosk's teamwork exposing Freepers is one more example of that.
BUMP for great freeping.
Bingo! And now even more so cuz of WaPo....way to go WaPo....bwhahahahahahahahahaha!
“However, it is actually a warning shot across the bow to opponents of Obama that they will be tracked down and exposed for speaking ill of the Obamessiah.”
I swear this rings of Mugabe types.
There is no room in the US for these types of people.
Translation for you lefties. We will not be dictated to, period.
It is like a vicious circle!
-PJ
By the way, has the Washington Post investigated Larry Sinclair’s allegations that in 1999 he had gay sex with Obama while Obama smoked crack cocaine in the back of a limousine? Just wondering.
Obama campaign worker helps Houston-area pastor set up anti-Dobson site (OneNewsNow.com June 27, 2008 Jim Brown)
The media had better be careful when they draw readers to FR. They may have their eyes opened to the stories the media ignores.
Yup, its bambi's Marxist America-hating gig that is the real issue.
What about that lingering rumor that Obama is a Marxist?
When will the media and DNC deny that one? Someone should ask him about the meaning of Marxism in one of the town halls.
Terrorist attacks?
1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympics Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100’s murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100’s murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100’s murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100’s dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
What's next...you can't even whisper a criticism about Obama in someones ear without a threat from these fascists?
I think it's pretty obvious that people will figure out on their own what Obama's middle name is. The discussion about whether he is a Muslim cannot be shutdown by anyone...the entire world is talking about it.
Notice how Bill Clinton has shut his mouth about the Probama Media conspiracy?
He got on the bus. He didn’t want to get run over like his poor old dog was.
A considerable portion of the world is hoping it is true.
How? What did they do?
I’m a bit concerned about the other FReeper besides Beckwith who was mentioned in this article. Beckwith states that he agreed to be interviewed provided he wasn’t identified, due to the large number of wingnuts who send him weirdo emails through his blog site. However, the other FReeper is identified by her full name, the general area of a particular state she lives in, her age and her profession. She could be located fairly easily, I fear.
I hope she takes extra care for her security for awhile, and am sending out some prayers for her.
In a country of 300,000,000 people, how could a guy named "Barack Hussein Obama" have achieved fame without rumors that he was Muslim?
EXCELLENT KRISTINN, AS USUAL.
I wonder . . . a blip of a brainstorming effort here . . .
1. WHO in the legal system . . . and what sphere in the legal system . . . might we trust . . . might be the least bit like minded . . . to be preliminarily alerted . . .
such that . . . at the first sign of illegalities on their parts, we could hit the road running???
2. What can we do proactively besides pray?
3. Do we need to . . . uhhhhh . . . do our own extensive research on the . . . uhhhh rabidly radical folks on the other side??? I’m not interested in getting in the gutter with them. I just wonder . . . what should we know now that we might wish we’d known 4-6 months from now?
4. I wonder . . . does JimRob have the best security system possible given all the givens? Should we include a special fund category in the upcoming FREEPATHON for beefed up security? I know he’s a good shot and all but . . . would like to prevent things before they got to that point!
Isn’t Lybian dictator Qadafi saying Obama is Muslim?
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