White House slams Forbes: ‘Hire a fact checker’

babsbunny

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Tue Sep-14-10 08:42 PM
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White House slams Forbes: ‘Hire a fact checker’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/gibbs-slams-forbes/

By Sahil Kapur
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 -- 7:43 pm

President Barack Obama’s chief spokesman on Tuesday evening lashed out at Forbes magazine for publishing a highly controversial cover story asserting that the president's political views stem from a belief in Kenyan "anticolonialism."

"Why didn't Forbes hire a fact checker for their cover 'story'?" wrote White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Twitter. "Or did they simply not care about the facts?"

The lengthy polemic, written by conservative Dinesh D'Souza, painted Obama as a quasi-foreigner who is unable to connect with American values. It received wide attention after its thesis was endorsed Sunday by Republican Newt Gingrich, who may run for president in 2012.

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DURHAM D

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Tue Sep-14-10 08:53 PM
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1. His 15 minutes of hate mongering should have been over by 1990. nt

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applegrove

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:43 PM
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2. This 'anticolonialism' differs from the American War of Independance how?

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Common Sense Party

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:44 PM
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3. Pigmentation.

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applegrove

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:45 PM
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4. Exactly.

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lonestarnot

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:46 PM
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5. Melanin.

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gratuitous

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:47 PM
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6. But that doesn't mean they're racists

So stop saying that. /Boudelang

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Mika

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:51 PM
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7. The anti colonial American War of Independence meant that....

... we (the Americans of the time) were in charge of murdering the natives and stealing their land to colonize, not the Brits.

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emulatorloo

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Tue Sep-14-10 10:02 PM
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10. Self Delete

Edited on Tue Sep-14-10 10:03 PM by emulatorloo

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felix_numinous

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:51 PM
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8. snap*

Hire someone historically literate while you're at it.

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HughBeaumont

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Tue Sep-14-10 09:57 PM
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9. It's Forbes.

Owned by a guy who was born on home plate and thinks he hit it out of the park. Fearmongering and Hateramping is all he knows.

Oh, and according to him, capitialism (the unbridled kind) will save us all.

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