AP Changes Obama Story

Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 9:48:07 am PST

As we noted yesterday, the Associated Press released a story stating that Barack Obama had been a Muslim in his childhood. This is the original version of their lead paragraph:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in the Muslim faith.

This paragraph has now been quietly edited, and the original assertion softened up: Obama Stresses Appreciation for Faith. (Hat tip: zombie.)

IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in a largely Muslim country.

Is it a correction, or an attempt to whitewash Obama’s record? Allahpundit notes that Obama’s communications director has stated that Obama was never a Muslim. Not to suggest that politicians might ever lie, but the truth is anyone’s guess at this point.