More Lies from the Obamamedia

Secret Service Says "Kill Him" Allegation Unfounded

By Andrew M. Seder

Staff Writer

SCRANTON – The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.

The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Obama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him."

News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported the claim, with most attributing the allegations to the Times-Tribune story.

Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.

“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.

He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.

It figures. One of the many lies that Obama told during the debate had to do with this story. The characterization that Republican rallies, particularly running mate Sarah Palin's, are Obama hatefests is patently untrue as this story clearly shows. I wonder if the Secret Service will charge Mr. Singleton. They should.

Moreover, I doubt that Olbermann and all other media liars in the sack for Obama will report the findings of the Secret Service.