"Obama Declines Fist Bump From Boy" Story Is False

How this story was even started is beyond me. I mean there was video of it and yet most major news outlets ran with the story, Obama trying to be political dismisses boys request for fist bump, while in the meantime John McCain is out there contradicting himself on everything. Still think those BBQ's he throws still has no effect... He must have a lot of dirt on a lot of press people...

Here is the video of the supposed diss by Obama, which turns out was him saying no to signing his name in permanent ink on the boys hand.

FOX News : Terrorist Fist Bump???

In the spirit of my previous post, FOX News today reported that Obama's fist bump might be a "terrorist fist bump?". So if this was some random blog or message board i could see, But a news organization that touts itself as fair and balanced? I mean we should all know by now that FOX News is anything but that, but still. This is exactly the kind of disinformation to look out for.




Fox News' E.D. Hill teased discussion of Obama dap: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?"

During the June 6 edition of Fox News' America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion by saying, "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently." In the ensuing discussion with Janine Driver -- whom Hill introduced as "a body language expert" -- Hill referred to the "Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound," adding that "people call it all sorts of things." Hill went on to ask Driver: "Let's start with the Barack and Michelle Obama, because that's what most people are writing about -- the fist thump. Is that sort of a signal that young people get?" At no point during the discussion did Hill explain her earlier reference to "a terrorist fist jab."

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