Here's how the right's big eleventh-hour smear on Obama was carried out.
First the Murdoch-owned Times of London reported Thursday that Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, is living in a Boston public-housing complex. It's unclear how the paper learned of the woman's presence in the U.S.
From there, the story quickly got taken up by the right-wing echo chamber. Fox News (also Murdoch-owned, of course), Drudge, the Boston Herald, and various ...
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Interesting breakdown of how the story about Obama's aunt was spread by different media sources in the course of just a few hours. The author points to the fact that the story was first picked up by publications owned by Rupert Murdoch, then rapidly transmitted through the Drudge Report and right-wing websites. It also suggests that the Bush administration may have played a role in leaking the information, allegedly to influence the upcoming election -- however, no conclusive evidence is provided to confirm this allegation. Still, this is a thorough and informative analysis about this important topic.
