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  • 2017-10-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Charles Krauthammer Write an Op-Ed Called 'The Enemy Among Us?' (en)
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  • An opinion piece arguing that former President Barack Obama's nonprofit Organizing for Action (OFA) is a shadow government organization aimed at tearing down the Constitution has been circulating under various titles since it was originally published in February 2017. But it wasn't until months later, when Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer's name was erroneously attached to the text, that this opinion piece started gaining popularity. A portion of this opinion piece as it circulated under the title The Enemy Among Us is reproduced below: The claim that Krauthammer penned this op-ed seems to have originated on the the web site Nesara News, which introduced the text with a brief paragraph lauding the credibility of the conservative columnist on 11 October 2017. The web site also claimed that the article had appeared in the New York Post: This article was never published in the New York Post, nor was it written by Charles Krauthammer. In fact, the Post's author page for Krauthammer only lists two articles, both of which were published in 2009, and neither of which dealt with Organizing for Action. The majority of this text originated in a 13 February 2017 blog post on The Daily Jot, nearly 8 months before Krauthammer's name was erroneously attached to it. The post was entitled The Perilous Times We Live In and attributed to Christian journalist Bill Wilson. With the exception of the opening and closing paragraphs, Wilson's article and the Krauthammer article are practically identical. Here's a comparison of the two articles with the shared text highlighted: Wilson confirmed to us via email that he is the original author of this op-ed. Mike Watson, a research assistant for Krauthammer, also told us via email that this op-ed did not originate with the conservative columnist: Krauthammer's name was simply tacked onto the end of this article in an attempt to lend it an air of credibility. We previously addressed the claim that President Obama was forming a shadow government to undermine the Trump presidency and found that it was based on little to no evidence. (en)
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