We’ve previously detailed how WorldNetDaily’s coverage of Barack Obama involves reporting things it hasn’t bothered to verify are even true — the normal, one might even say essential, function of a news organization. Part of that is reporting baseless speculation, as it did here and here.
WND does so again in a June 10 article that rehashes speculation by National Review blogger Jim Geraghty that there are questions about Obama’s status of a legal resident of the United States that can only be answered by Obama releasing a copy of his birth certificate.
WND did report Geraghty’s statement that it’s “unlikely” the rumors are true, which raises the question: Why is WND reporting things it doesn’t know are true? After all, WND has not applied this level of reporting — the repeating of baseless speculation and rumors — to its “news” coverage of John McCain.
The only possible reason is to smear Obama, just as it has done with previous Democratic candidates. Remember, WND sells a bumper sticker that reads, “Defeat Osama, Obama and Chelsea’s Mama” — note that McCain is not on it, which tells you not only that WND has a de facto pro-McCain agenda, but that WND is not a news organization at all but an advocacy group. After all, real news organizations don’t engage in such biased and fact-free coverage of a candidate.