An Attack That Came Out of the Ether
Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Post's Matt Mosk speaks with Dr. Danielle Allen of the Institute for Advanced Studies about her research into the original e-mails that spread rumors that Barack Obama is a radical Muslim.
"Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season. The anonymous chain e-mail makes the false claim that Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background. By the time it reached Allen on Jan. 11, 2008, it had spread with viral efficiency for more than a year."
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