The people who believe Obama is the Antichrist are perhaps jumping to conclusions, but they're not nuts.
-- Newsweek (yes, THE Newsweek), Nov. 15, 2008, in a story simply headlined, "Is Obama the Antichrist?"
Uh, actually, these people are kind of nuts -- and I don't think it would have been at all out of bounds for Newsweek to come out and, using more polite terminology, say so. Unlike some journalists, I don't have a problem with the media reporting on the existence of conspiracy theories -- they are part of the fabric of American life, for better or worse -- but the goal is to put them in some context. This one seems waaay too credulous -- am I missing something here?
We've discussed this many times here: Thank God America is a place where people are free to practice their beliefs -- no matter how bizarre -- and free to speak about them. That doesn't mean a major media org like Newsweek needs to hand over a megaphone to a fringe idea that, at its core, is pretty odious.
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good work, Genius. good work, Genius. Care to find any examples of even the dastardly "MSM" that say "Obama is Christ?" Care to find any examples of even the dastardly "MSM" that say "Obama is Christ?" Oh, right, there aren't any. Oh, right, there aren't any. Just a bunch of wingnuts in the marginalized minority waiting for the waaaaaahmbulance. Just a bunch of wingnuts in the marginalized minority waiting for the waaaaaahmbulance.— E.Plebnista- "kind of nuts...---}}} Kind of? Whaaaaaaa? Kind of? People who think that Obama is the anti-Christ are "kind of nuts?" Sorry, Will, people who think Obama is the anti-Christ are lunatics.— Talking point sleuth
- "Right Will, but it is ok for them to report that Obama is Christ....---}}} Truly a classic. Idiot argues against something Will never said about something "they" never said. Lol!— Talking point sleuth
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- I'm waiting for the headline "Sarah Palin: Anti-christ or Second Hitler?". Probably an old formula that started sometime in the 30s.— Tixtax
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- Why do you need Newsweek to call them nuts? You can't draw your own conclusions? I think it's a nicely phrased understatement, especially using the word "perhaps".— SteveMG
I guess libs don't like the taste of the same poison they've been spewing for eight years. George Bush had to put up with wild accusations from nutjobs that have no basis in fact, so why shouldn't Barack Obama.— jmc- Does anyone find it telling that bryanc appears to have no understanding of the difference between a blog and journalism?— Talking point sleuth
- And jmc weighs in with the Attytood Republican toadies' favorite response. "Waaaaaahh, they did it first."— Talking point sleuth
- You're right, jmc. Poor George W. Bush.— SteveMG
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