The Daily Background
| AP sends out a new version of their Obama tornado story
by Arlen Parsa
Good on them. The AP just sent out a new version of their dubious-sounding story where they say Obama claimed there were 10,000 deaths due to last week’s tornadoes in Kansas (12 people died). Here’s what the new version includes:
Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12.
“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed,” the Democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser.
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Obama spokesman Bill Burton said later that the senator meant to say “at least 10,” instead of 10,000.
Well, good. I’m glad they’ve included actual quotes to back this up, and the whole thing sounds a lot more believable now. (By the way, it did make Drudge after all.)
