"Like everyone else in the media, we are totally in the tank for Senator Obama..."
Posted on 07/29/2008 4:25:20 AM PDT by vietvet67
What initially seemed to be a journalistic scoop of dubious moral propriety now seems to be a case of an Israeli paper being played by the Barack Obama campaign. Maariv, the second most popular newspaper in Israel, was roundly criticized for publishing the note Obama left in the Kotel. But now a Maariv spokesperson says that publication of the note was pre-approved for international publication by the Obama campaign, leading to the conclusion that the "private" prayer was intentionally leaked for public consumption.
At around 5am last Thursday, Obama arrived at the Kotel, or Western Wall, abutting the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount. Accompanied by the Rabbi in charge of the site, Shmuel Rabinovich, he reportedly heard Psalm 122, which contains a prayer for the peace of Jerusalem, touched the wall briefly and then deposited a note of prayer into a crack between the ancient stones, in keeping with the tradition of visitors to the site. On his way out, he was briefly heckled, with one man calling out that "Jerusalem is not for sale" and "Remember what you see here." Trying to drown out the critics, a few supporters chanted his name.
Subsequently, it was reported that a yeshiva student filched the note that Obama placed in the wall and then Maariv published it in the next day's newspaper.
For that "scoop" the paper has come under fire. Yediot Aharonot, the country's most popular daily, published an article Friday saying it had also obtained the note but decided not to publish it, to respect Obama's privacy. Other Israeli media outlets initially ignored the story, or picked it up only after the initial publication had triggered a controversy.
(Excerpt) Read more at web.israelinsider.com ...
Seems like Israeli law enforcement was about to look into the case of the purloined note, but the perps have come clean.
"Like everyone else in the media, we are totally in the tank for Senator Obama..."
It’s real simple, LOL
Obama stinks.
A note the Almighty might have tucked in Snobama-messiah’s pocket during his disgraceful just-for-publicity display at the Kotel: “Dear Barak, guess what - you’re not the Messiah! Regards, The Almighty Lord of Hosts.”
I knew it! If it had been a request for a new Cadillac, then we might reasonably believe it was stolen, but it was such sheer propaganda.
that figures. Thanks justiceseeker93.
that figures. Thanks justiceseeker93.
Whoops. Sorry. Don’t know how that happened.
I'm apparently not the only one who thinks so, either:
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