I recently learned that on Sunday evening, FOX news would broadcast a segment questioning President Obama’s citizenship. One assertion will be that in 1981, a 20 year old President Obama, could not have used a U.S. passport when traveling to Pakistan, because Pakistan was on the U.S. State Department’s “no travel” list in 1981. Thus, he must have used either a British passport or an Indonesian passport proving he was not a U.S. citizen. A British passport would prove he was born in Kenya on August 4, 1961, not in Hawaii as he claims. And an Indonesian passport would prove he relinquished whatever previous citizenship he held, British or American.
But it appears, FOX didn’t check its sources. In fact, in 1981, the U.S. State Department did not issue a no travel list. They did issue a “Travel Advisory” for Pakistan, but it did not prohibit passport holders from freely traveling to and from Pakistan. Moreover, New York Times editor Barbara Crossette visited Pakistan in 1981 and wrote a column with travel tips for visiting the country. If you would like to view the column, published on June 14, 1981, click on www.nytimes.com/1981
It’s a shame that FOX news broadcasts untrustworthy information, as too many ill-informed Americans believe what they hear on FOX news.
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