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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
WND Falsely Suggests Obama Stealing From Your Smartphone
Topic: WorldNetDaily

An Aug. 24 WorldNetDaily article by Bob Unruh carries the headline, "Is your smartphone donating to Obama's campaign?"

The implication, of course, is that Obama is stealing money from you through your smartphone -- a shocking allegation if it were in any way true.

Needless to say, it's not. Not even Unruh accuses Obama of theft. Rather, it's about potential scams perpetrated by gaining access to personal information stored in smartphones. Unruh's only mention Obama doesn't come until the 17th paragraph of his article, and it's limited to noting that "Barack Obama’s campaign already uses a campaign app to identify registered Democrats by first name, last initial and age."

Once again, WND has stuck a highly misleading, potentially libelous headline on an article that doesn't support the allegation being made.


Posted by Terry K. at 12:37 AM EDT

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