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News from April 26, 2008

Tribune Weighs in on the Resurrection, asks for Comments

From Manya Brachear:

“The Tribune’s April 21 edition described the church as “built over the site in Jerusalem where Jesus is said to be buried.”

“I told him I might open it up to readers.”

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Debunking Obama's Ayers "Fact Sheet"

When George Stephanopoulos so rudely queried Sen. Barack Obama about his long-standing connections to unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers during a recent Democratic debate, many conservative newshounds cheered. At long last, Americans had been introduced to a name that only a handful of right-leaning news sources had previously explored. Obama challenged the question’s relevancy, carefully avoided details, and pivoted to another topic of discussion. The damage was done, though, and his campaign was forced to issue a “fact” sheet to debunk any nasty implications the “distraction” of a question may have raised. Team Obama informed readers that a) Obama himself is far too young to have been a member of the Weather Underground, b) The mainstream media consensus is that Obama’s ties to Ayers are irrelevant, c) All charges against Ayers were dropped, and d) Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, are actually pretty “mainstream” these days. Three of these ... Read More...

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