NY Times cited anonymous “critics” claiming Obama camp “raising the specter of violence ... to raise Senator Obama to mythic stature”
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A New York Times article asserted that at a recent event, Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, “nimbly entwin[ed] references to violence with her more usual admonitions that a history of racism and despair should not keep her husband” from office. But the article did not provide any specific quote from Obama's speech to support its claim that she had “entwin[ed] references to violence” or that she “evok[ed] dangers,” as the headline stated. Moreover, the article acknowledged that "[n]ot everyone detected a double message in Mrs. Obama's remarks." Nonetheless, the Times cited purported complaints by unnamed “critics” that “raising the specter of violence is nothing more than an attempt to raise Senator Obama to mythic stature.”