Thursday, January 25, 2007

Fox’s Gibson: CNN Reporter Who Debunked Obama Smear Probably Went To The Same Madrassa

Last week, Fox News highlighted a right-wing report alleging that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) attended an Islamic “madrassa” school as a 6-year-old child. In a memo released today, Obama’s office specifically called out Fox News host John Gibson for discussing the story “without any attempt to independently confirm the charges.”

On his radio show this week, Gibson refused to back down. He claimed the CNN reporter who debunked the false report “probably went to the very madrassa” as Obama. Gibson implied that CNN’s report had covered up religious extremism at the school:

GIBSON: [W]hat did they see when they went to the madrassa where Barack Obama went to school?

HOST: Kids playing volleyball.

GIBSON: Playing volleyball, right. They didn’t see them in any terrorist training camps?

HOST: No.

GIBSON: No. Um, but they probably didn’t show them in their little lessons where they’re bobbing their heads and memorizing the Koran.

HOST: I didn’t see any tape of that, no.

LSB: Who the fuck is this little asshole? Looks a little like a closet-case... or a Colorado Springs evangelical... or I guess that's the same thing. Anyone know if he is? Not a FAUX-TV viewer here, so I've never heard of him. FAUX-TV must be bringing in the lowest level of "personalities" to entertain the kunckle-draggers.

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