Fake Michelle Obama Interview Fascinates Blogosphere

[NYCGirl]

Something tells me the right wing just WANTED to believe this was real.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/fake-michelle-obama-inter_n_134864.html



Over at The Corner, Byron York has had to post an item officially alerting the right wing of the blogosphere that an article purporting to be a genuine interview with Michelle Obama, is in fact a fake. The article, from an organization calling itself "African Press International," claims to have gotten a phone call from an irate Michelle Obama, in which she railed at the outlet for "spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets in their efforts to damage a black man's name," and "evil people who are out to stop her husband from getting the presidency." The fake Michelle Obama insists that her husband "loves his country" and promises the organization favorable treatment if they "write a good story about her husband."

Naturally, a mere contemplation of the obvious should have short-circuited the belief that this interview was real, this sparing York from having to point it out. The Obama campaign has been, throughout the season, notoriously disciplined and highly aloof from the press, so it's unlikely that Michelle Obama would have the green light to be calling up random bloggers to yell at them. If she did, she'd be doing that all the damned time! But Michelle is clearly working hard to avoid courting controversy. For crying out loud -- her appearance on "Paula Deen's Party" could be aptly described as "rigorously on-message," and all she was doing was frying some shrimp with one of the most ridiculously lovable hosts of the Food Network.

Beyond that, there were obvious signs that the interview, and the organization, is fakety-fake McFake. For example: there are two "r's" in "Farrakhan." "Inauguration" is not spelled "innoguration." And you'd think that a writer for "African Press International" would be clear on the concept of capitalizing one's own publication's name. Nevertheless, these obvious signs proved too elusive for some people, hence Byron York's involvement.

[DevonRex]

1. Yeah, I read that on that other site this morning. Pretty hilarious.

Those nuts will believe anything. I guess Freepers will too.

[PatGund]

8. Yeah, I know....

The people rah-rahing Berg's lawsuit are eating this up as a smoking gun, rather than a leaky water pistol.

Doesn't it sound a lot like the "whitey tape" Larry Johnson kept claiming to have?

[DevonRex]

9. Yep, it does. I can't decide whether to laugh at those folks, be

disgusted by them, or feel sorry for them. I guess it's usually a combination of all 3. But mostly I'm disgusted.

One of my favorites is that some of them think Palin was picked to ensure an Obama victory by "TPTB." LOL.

[PatGund]

14. Oh, a capper...

On the right-wing blog "America's Right", the publisher said who his source was for the claim there's a tape.

Jerome Corsi.

*faceplant*

[Tesibria]

2. More Links re: Bogus-ness of story

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/15/obama-camp-the-michelle-obamaapi-interview-is-bogus/

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWM2MDA2NzZkNzdjNWMzZGFlOGJiZGUxMzNhYjJkZDI=

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/obama-campaign.html

[NotThisTime]

13. thanks, funny enough I just came across this smear....

[rufus dog]

3. I was reading a thread over at insanity.com on this subject

It as crazy! When it was pointed out this was a joke all of the knuckle draggers defended the slams on Michelle by stating "well that is what she truly feels"

[zbdent]

7. and yet the freepturds slammed Bill Press for saying that the "Lovenstein"

analysis sounded right ...

[deadparrot]

4. They've already fallen for it.

http://stuckon-stupid.com/2008/10/15/michelle-obama-terrorizes-african-press-international-api/

[Barack_America]

5. Shh. Don't tell Free Republic that. It made them so happy....

Now they'll have to confront the reality of that CBS poll and I fear(?) that we'll have jumpers.

:rofl:

[NYCGirl]

6. It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch. NT

[Cali_Democrat]

15. 95% of Free Republic still thinks Obama's birth certificate is fake

I'm sure many of them will believe the Michelle Obama interview is real no matter what.

They are completely insane.

[4lbs]

10. One of those comments on one of those sites is hilarious.

"African Press International just e-mailed me asking for my help in getting $40 million out of Nigeria. All they need is my banking account information. Should I do it?"


:rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. Check out their other breaking news:

Original Message —–
From: African Press International (API)
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Greetings from the Ecowas Company
To Francia
Thank you for contacting us in search for advice.
This is scam. They want to steal from you. Be carefull and make no payments at all. You must warn others also.
Yours sincerely
Chief Editor
African Press International - API
We warn our readers to be carefull and treat letters like the one above with total fear and not make any payment at all.

If any reader out there has such letters, please forward them so that we publish and that may help people so that they do not fall prey to this scammers.

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/do-not-be-fooled-that-you-have-won-a-huge-prize-and-that-you-have-to-pay-a-fee-to-receive-your-win-it-is-a-scam/

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. “Barack Obama Revealed, A Dire Warning from an African American” Jazzman

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/11169/

[WeDidIt]

16. Texasdarlin is pushing this

MEGAPUMA Extraordinairre.

Claims the "API" has a tape.

I'm sure they also have the "Whitey" tape.