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| In January of 2007, the ] '']'', a sister publication of '']'', published an unsourced article reporting a rumor that "researchers connected to Clinton]]" had discovered that rival candidate ] was educated in a ] ] school during his youth in ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=5D3B38F8A2584DB5A77BA05660C6045C&nm=Free+Access&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=B85E731B7602454BBFE7451111C6C4EC | title=Hillary's team has questions about Obama's Muslim background | publisher=Insight | date=Jan. 16-22, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-26}}</ref>. | |||
| To investigate this statement, which was quickly propagated in the ] ], including on ], ] reporter ] visited the school and found its staff in Western attire, its student body apparently consisting of Muslims, "Christians, Buddhists, also Confucian(s)".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html | title=CNN debunks false report about Obama|publisher=] | date=January 22, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-26}}</ref> The CNN story also quoted a spokesperson for Clinton, who dismissed the allegation as "an obvious right-wing hit job" on both candidates. Insight responded that CNN's investigation did "not satisfy our standards for aggressive investigative reporting", and said that they provided "political intelligence" on "a limited budget".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=5D3B38F8A2584DB5A77BA05660C6045C&nm=Free+Access&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=1E5D1BDD15754861AAECE0B1163DD85A | title=Hats off to CNN, but... about Obama|publisher=Insight | date= January 23-29, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-26}}</ref>. | |||
| A ] ] story commented on the ''Insight'' story. The article notes: <blockquote>''Insight'' editor ] "whose Web site published the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race, is hardly the only editor who will not reveal his reporters’ sources. What sets him apart is that he will not even disclose the names of his reporters."</blockquote> | |||
| In the article, Kuhner says that the article is "solid as solid can be" <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/us/politics/29media.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | title=Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It’s False|publisher=New York Times | date=29 January 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-29}}</ref>. The Fox News Channel has since acknowledged that the story violates their basic rule of knowing "what you are talking about." ], vice president for news at Fox, also included this in his daily editorial note on January 23: "For the record: seeing an item on a website does not mean it is right. Nor does it mean it is ready for air on FNC. The urgent queue is our way of communicating information that is air-worthy. Please adhere to this."<ref> {{cite news | url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/01/obama.html | title=Obama's Grudge Factor | publisher=Washington Post | date=30 January 2007 | first=Mary Ann | last=Akers | accessdate = 2007-02-02}}</ref>. | |||
| After receiving so much media scrutiny, ''Insight'' defended itself as an online weekly "political intelligence report", and not part of the "mainstream print and broadcast news organizations," and therefore not required "to ferret out (more) facts and make judgment calls on relevance"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=5D3B38F8A2584DB5A77BA05660C6045C&nm=Free+Access&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=D7607FF7DB2B4B07B40F51DF143A988E | title=Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not | publisher=Insight | date=1 February 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-02-02}}</ref>. | |||
| Obama, who is Christian, not Muslim, wrote about his early school years in his 1995 book '']'' (p.142): | |||
| :"In ], I’d spent 2 years at a ] school, 2 years at a ] school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during ] studies. In the Catholic school, when it came time to pray, I’d pretend to close my eyes, then peek around the room. Nothing happened. No ]s descended."<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/19/fox-obama-madrassa</ref> | |||
| The debunked allegations were repeated six months later by ] commentator ], who said on his nationally-syndicated radio show that Sen. Obama (D-IL) was "indoctrinated" by a "Muslim madrassa in Indonesia."<ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200706260013</ref> | |||
| In July 2007 ''Insight'' again defended its story, saying: | |||
| :As Insight has reported, Hillary established a team of investigators whose goal was to attempt to discredit Obama by investigating his Muslim background. In the backlash that resulted from our expose, she has learned to be more circumspect in the use of nasty little tricks. But, if we know Hillary–and we do–she will descend into the gutter once again.<ref></ref> | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * January 30, 2007 | |||
| *{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Obama Denies Education Allegations | date=], ] | publisher=WPVI-TV Philadelphia (ABC) | url =http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=politics&id=4963360 | work =Associated Press | pages = | accessdate = 2007-02-04 | language = }} | |||
| *{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&ml_video=81465 |title=Daily Show: Obamania |accessdate=2007-02-04 |date=Premiered ], ] |format=Video |work=Comedy Central - MotherLoad - "FOX News reports Barack Obama was raised a Muslim" }} | |||
| * Wolf Blitzer and John Vause reporting | |||
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