Monday, March 17, 2008

Ronald Kessler and NY Times Big Obama Pastor Lie

Ronald Kessler's the person behind an example of the most irresponsible example of journalism ever seen. In a Newsmax article, Kessler claimed that Senator Barack Obama was "in the pews" for a "hate America" sermon, but in point of fact, at 1:30 PM EST and 12:30 PM CST Senator Obama was in Miami speaking at the National LaRaza event.

For Senator Obama to make the speech, he would have to leave Chicago at 7 AM CST, making it physically impossible for Obama to be there.

Kessler's been hammered with contrary evidence to his story. But what's his response? Get this one he sent to one Obama supporter:

"Obama did speak to this group at 1:30 p,.m. in Miami on July 22, but with a chartered jet, he had plenty of time to attend church in the morning or later in the day in Chicago and give the speech in Miami. "

In other words, Kessler has no proof, just a guess at what he wants to think Obama did. That's not the basis for a story at all. Then it gets worse and here's where Kessler's caught in a lie. He starts to speculate about time, and states that Obama could have made a 7:30 AM service, which means Kessler has no evidence and is just writing a smear article, which is not responsible.

The problem is that The New York Times has reported Kessler's story and so has made yet another error of credibility.

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