NewsMax Racist Obama Smear Campaign Misses Mark

NewsMax is an off-the-wall, stupid, fly-by-night, third-rate web-based operation that fakes news stories.

This one regarding Barack Obama is one good example. Apparently bent on using race and racism to form a story, they fraudulently report that Senator Obama was at Trinity Church to hear a "hate America" sermon supposedly given by Pastor Jeremiah Wright.

In point of fact, Ronald Kessler wrote a story that's an outright lie and calls into question their ethics as a publication and his as well. Senator Obama was here on that day, at The National Council of La Raza event.

This is the most irresponsible example of journalism I've ever seen. Barack spoke at 1:30 PM at this event, and at that time it was 12:30 CST. A flight from Chicago to Miami is about 3 hours and that does not include to and from travel time, so we're looking at 5 hours, making it impossible for Ronald's story to occur as Obama would have to leave at 7 AM CST.

Plus, the Trinity Church website reports that:

Anthony Burnette, Jr. gave the 7:30 am service
Otis B. Moss III gave the 11:00am service
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. gave the 6:00pm service

So Pastor Wright didn't even speak that morning.

Obama was the featured speaker on July 22nd 2007 and not "in the pews" as Kessler put it, and this schedule and video shows it:

Sunday, July 22
11:00 a.m. LATINAS BRUNCH, Una Charla Con Hillary – Hall B
Welcome: Governor Charlie Crist (R-FL)
Speakers:
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Interview led by Monica Lozano, Publisher and CEO, La Opinión
1:30 p.m. SPECIAL FORUM: Foro Del Pueblo Con Sen. Obama – Room D128-129
Featured Speaker: Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
3:30 p.m. Town Hall: Innovative Public-Private Partnerships To Reduce Obesity Among Latinos, presented by the Office of Minority Health – Room B214-218
Moderator: Jackie Guerra, Comedienne/Actress/Author
Panelists:
Dr. Garth N. Graham M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services
Dra. Isabel Gomez-Bassols, Univision Radio
John Govea, JD, MPA, Senior Program Officer, Childhood Obesity Team, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
8:00 p.m. Noche de Concierto – Knight Concert Hall, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
Featuring:
Luis Fonsi
Fanny Lu
Mariachi Campanas de America