Faux News: "[W]e regret the error" in report of Jerusalem Post story about Obama's half brother


	Faux News: "[W]e regret the error" in report of Jerusalem Post story about Obama's half brother

ratilfar

6-26-2008 9:30 AM

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ratilfar says:

Yeah, you regret that you got caught!

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understated its extent. Suggesting that his only "error" was in
repeating a flawed report in the <EM>Post</EM>,
Hume did not acknowledge that he had falsely claimed Malik Obama had spoken
with <EM>The Jerusalem Post.</EM>
The <EM>Post</EM> did not, in fact, claim that Malik Obama spoke to the
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