Politifact.com has become an Obama shill
Since the Trinity Church scandal this site has refused to maintain any objective integrity on the issue.
They highlight only McCain’s similarities to Bush, including running an anti-McCain ad on the front page. At the same time Obama is consistently portrayed in a positive light.
There is one mention of the current Trinity Church scandal. Ironically under a section called “In Depth” they present an article from January dismissing as ridiculoul e-mails that criticize Obama’s church connection.
From the site:
“If you look at the first page of their Web site,” one e-mail declares “you will learn that this congregation has a nonnegotiable commitment to Africa. No where is AMERICA even mention. Notice too, what color you need to be if you should want to join Obama’s church … B-L-A-C-K!!!”
Some of the e-mails opine that the church is racist and so is Obama. A few claim that he is a covert Muslim and that his middle name is Mohammed.
It’s the latest salvo in the e-mail wars — anonymous missives launched into cyberspace seeking to frighten voters away from presidential candidates in the guise of friendly warnings. Typically they use kernels of truth, then launch into falsehood.
“There’s no question this is a distortion,” said Martin Marty, a retired Chicago-based historian of religion and public life, who is white and has attended services at Trinity several times.