Topic: WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily is so desperate to prove President Obama isn't a real American that it will latch onto any shred of evidence that might suggest that, no matter how questionable. It loves to run with claims it hasn't bothered to fact-check beforehand -- remember the "Kenyan birth certificate"?
When a radio interview surfaced of a man who claimed that Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie told him that he couldn't find a copy of Obama's birth certificate in Hawaii state records, WND's Jerome Corsi was quick to pounce, typing up a Jan. 25 WND article breathlessly promoting the audio, making no effort to contact the person to double-check the story.
Just one problem: it's not true.
Unlike Corsi, FoxNews.com talked to the man, radio celebrity gossip Mike Evans, and got the full story:
A celebrity journalist now claims he misspoke when he said last week that Hawaii’s governor told him he was unable to find President Barack Obama’s original birth certificate after a search of state and hospital archives.
Mike Evans told FoxNews.com on Wednesday he was remorseful and embarrassed that he appeared to have given the impression that he had discussed the search for Obama’s birth certificate with Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
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“I was on 34 radio stations that morning. That was the only station where I said, instead of saying ‘the hospital said there’s no birth certificate’ I misspoke and said Neil said that,” Evans said. “I misspoke and I apologize for that. I apologize to Neil.”
Whoops.
Corsi and WND played up Evans' claim that Abercrombie had "egg on his face" over his attempts to find the birth certificate. But the only ones with egg on their faces now are Corsi and WND.
You'd think they would have learned their lesson by now, given the "Kenyan birth certificate" fiasco, to fact-check claim before rushing them into print. Apparently not.
P.S. In the event WND deletes this false article, here's a copy.
