Rosen's baseless lies about Obama refudiated by Post Editor, Media Matters, Columbia Journo Review

by: Zappatero

Sat Jun 02, 2012 at 00:07:15 AM MST

Mike Rosen charged in his column on Thursday that the president "apologized to the world for our foreign policy."

Given the fervency with which this position is held by many on the right, it's worth pointing out that it's not supported by facts.

That's not just my opinion. It's also the conclusion reached by multiple fact-checkers who have investigated the claim.

Media Matters also took note of Rosen's piece of crap column that the Post didn't have to, and shouldn't have, published. Media Matters refers to the Columbia Journalism Review article that states in its headline - "Denver Post shows what not to do":

For a sense of what not to do, meanwhile, check out the website of The Denver Post. The Post's coverage area has recently seen what might be called a "birther lite" controversy, sparked when incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Coffman said this to supporters: "I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American." [...]

[The Denver Post's] credibility took a further hit thanks to the paper's decision to publish on Thursday a column by Mike Rosen, an AM radio host at Denver's KOA, under the headline "Mike Coffman was right about Obama in the first place."

Much of the column is devoted to agreeing with Coffman's statement that Obama is not an American "in his heart," and to pillorying the president with a barrage of culture-war epithets: "leftist academic ideologues, blame-America-firsters and would-be revolutionaries," etc., etc.

To my eye, it's poor writing and poor political argument, but if the Post wants to make sure the Fox & Friends niche is represented in its opinion pages, that's the paper's choice.

Did we need printed proof of Mike Rosen's proud ignorance by way of the Post? Isn't 15 hours per week enough? I'm glad he did the deed - the smackdown has been universal. And the fact that Mike Coffman - and Mike Rosen - are both birthers is on the record and beyond doubt.