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The American [[Internet]] [[magazine]] '''''Insight''''' (more fully, '''''Insight on the News''''') was founded to be a sister publication to ''[[The Washington Times]]'' newspaper, in the mold of ''[[Newsweek]]'''s relationship to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', as a conservative alternative to ''Newsweek'', [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']], and ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''. For a time, ''Insight'' was a [[newsmagazine]] included with ''The Washington Times'', but its print operations ended in 2004. Today, ''Insight'' continues as a biweekly, web-based publication and features commentary by [[Jeffrey T. Kuhner]], [[Wesley Pruden]], [[Mark Steyn]], [[John O’Sullivan]], [[Michael Barone]], [[Rich Lowry]], [[John Leo]] and others.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=38594B6394DE4F19898978BA7D9517E6&nm=About+Us | title=About Insight|publisher= Insight | date= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-26}}</ref> ''Insight'' is owned by [[News World Communications]], a property of the [[Unification Church]] headed by [[Rev. Sun Myung Moon |
The American [[Internet]] [[magazine]] '''''Insight''''' (more fully, '''''Insight on the News''''') was founded to be a sister publication to ''[[The Washington Times]]'' newspaper, in the mold of ''[[Newsweek]]'''s relationship to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', as a conservative alternative to ''Newsweek'', [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']], and ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''. For a time, ''Insight'' was a [[newsmagazine]] included with ''The Washington Times'', but its print operations ended in 2004. Today, ''Insight'' continues as a biweekly, web-based publication and features commentary by [[Jeffrey T. Kuhner]], [[Wesley Pruden]], [[Mark Steyn]], [[John O’Sullivan]], [[Michael Barone]], [[Rich Lowry]], [[John Leo]] and others.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=38594B6394DE4F19898978BA7D9517E6&nm=About+Us | title=About Insight|publisher= Insight | date= 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-01-26}}</ref> ''Insight'' is owned by [[News World Communications]], a property of the [[Unification Church]] headed by [[Rev. Sun Myung Moon]]. |
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| Type | biweekly online magazine |
|---|---|
| Format | magazine |
| Owner(s) | News World Communications |
| Editor | Jeffrey T. Kuhner |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Political alignment | conservative |
| Headquarters | 3600 New York Avenue NE Washington DC 20002 |
| Website | www.insightmag.com/ |
The American Internet magazine Insight (more fully, Insight on the News) was founded to be a sister publication to The Washington Times newspaper, in the mold of Newsweek's relationship to The Washington Post, as a conservative alternative to Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report. For a time, Insight was a newsmagazine included with The Washington Times, but its print operations ended in 2004. Today, Insight continues as a biweekly, web-based publication and features commentary by Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Wesley Pruden, Mark Steyn, John O’Sullivan, Michael Barone, Rich Lowry, John Leo and others.[1] Insight is owned by News World Communications, a property of the Unification Church headed by Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
"Madrassa scandal"
In January of 2007, Insight published an article saying that people connected with American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had said that rival candidate Barack Obama was educated in a radical Islamic Madrassa school during his youth in Indonesia.[2].
To investigate the factuality of this statement, which were quickly propagated in the United States mass media, including on Fox News, CNN reporter John Vause visited the school and found its staff in Western attire, its student body apparently consisting of Muslims, "Christians, Buddhists, also Confucian(s)".[3] The CNN story also quoted a spokesman for Clinton, who dismissed the allegation as "an obvious right-wing hit job" on both candidates. Insight responded that CNN's investigation did "not satisfy our standards for aggressive investigative reporting", and said that they provided "political intelligence" on "a limited budget".[4].
A January 29 New York Times story commented on the Insight story. The article notes:
Insight editor Jeffrey T. Kuhner "whose Web site published the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race, is hardly the only editor who will not reveal his reporters’ sources. What sets him apart is that he will not even disclose the names of his reporters."
In the article, Kuhner says that the article is "solid as solid can be" [5]. The Fox News Network has since acknowledged that the story violates their basic rule of knowing "what you are talking about." John Moody, vice president for news at Fox, also included this in his daily editorial note on January 23: "For the record: seeing an item on a website does not mean it is right. Nor does it mean it is ready for air on FNC. The urgent queue is our way of communicating information that is air-worthy. Please adhere to this."[6].
After receiving so much media scrutiny, Insight defended itself as an online weekly "political intelligence report", and not part of the "mainstream print and broadcast news organizations," and therefore not required "to ferret out (more) facts and make judgment calls on relevance"[7].
Obama, who is Christian, not Muslim, wrote about his early school years in his 1995 book Dreams from My Father (p.142):
- "In Indonesia, I’d spent 2 years at a Muslim school, 2 years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies. In the Catholic school, when it came time to pray, I’d pretend to close my eyes, then peek around the room. Nothing happened. No angels descended."[2]
This quote was later used by his detractors to falsely imply that Obama is Muslim and that he had attended a radical Islamic "madrassa." Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy pointed out that madrassas are “financed by Saudis” and “teach this Wahhabism which pretty much hates us,” then declared, “The big question is: was that on the curriculum back then?” Later, a caller to the show questioned whether Obama’s schooling means that “maybe he doesn’t consider terrorists the enemy.” Fox anchor Brian Kilmeade responded, “Well, we’ll see about that.”
The Fox hosts failed to correct the false claim that Obama is Muslim. One caller, referring to Obama, said, “I think a Muslim would be fine in the presidency, better than Hillary. At least you know what the Muslims are up to.” Anchor Gretchen Carlson responded, “We want to be clear, too, that this isn’t all Muslims, of course, we would only be concerned about the kind that want to blow us up.”[8]
See also
References
- ^ "About Insight". Insight. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "Hillary's team has questions about Obama's Muslim background". Insight. Jan. 16-22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "CNN debunks false report about Obama". CNN. January 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "Hats off to CNN, but... about Obama". Insight. January 23–29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It's False". New York Times. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
- ^ Akers, Mary Ann (30 January 2007). "Obama's Grudge Factor". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not". Insight. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ [1]