Anyone following politics this year is aware of the spread of vile rumors circulating on the Internet and via e-mail about Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. The e-mails usually accuse Obama of being a Muslim, of being unpatriotic, of being racist. Some also target Michelle. The rumors are completely false and have been debunked at invaluable places like Snopes. However, knowing that the news media loves to spread these rumors and will knowingly pass on information they either know to be false or should know to be false without comment, Senator Obama has decided to tackle this issue head-on with a new website. Karen Tumulty of Time magazine explains.
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