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L.A. Times defends decision not to release clip of Obama with Palestinian critic of Israel
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Rashid Khalidi, Israel News 

The campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain is demanding the Los Angeles Times release a video purportedly showing Barack Obama at an event in which he spoke of his friendship with a controversial Palestinian scholar, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The footage is said to be of a 2003 banquet during which Obama, who was then an Illinois state senator, spoke of his relationship with Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian-American Orientalist who is known for his frequent criticism of Israel, the L.A. Times said.

This past April, the LA Times ran a story on the banquet, which was a gathering of Arab Americans and local Chicago politicians who had gathered to bid farewell to Khalidi.
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When Obama addressed the crowd, he spoke of his conversations with Khalidi as "consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases... It's for that reason that I'm hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation - a conversation that is necessary not just around [Khalidi's wife] Mona and Rashid's dinner table."

The newspaper has refused to release the video, citing an agreement it made with an anonymous source. McCain aides on Tuesday slammed the Times for its refusal to publicize the tape, according to the Times.

"A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi," McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb is quoted as saying in the Times. "... The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request that the Los Angeles Times do its job - make information public."

The newspaper responded to the McCain camp's charges of favoritism on Tuesday, issuing a statement explaining its position.

"The Los Angeles Times did not publish the videotape because it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it," said the newspaper's editor, Russ Stanton. "The Times keeps its promises to sources."

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      1.   Columbia University - is that US Columbia University? 06:59  |  Maureen Ann 29/10/08
      2.   Rashid Khalidi? SO WHAT? 07:18  |  Joe 29/10/08
      3.   WOW 08:04  |  MC 29/10/08
      4.   Who cares? 08:24  |  Jon 29/10/08
      5.   how dare he 08:51  |  Refugee 29/10/08
      6.   Rashid Khalidi - a great mind 08:58  |  Dan Holmstock 29/10/08
      7.   Khalidi is not just critic of Israel, but PLO TERROR SUPPORTER 09:00  |  Emes Now 29/10/08
      8.   Professor Rashid Khalidi 09:00  |  ArabAmerican 29/10/08
      9.   Now now, Refugee, the wingnuts will believe you... 09:08  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
      10.   The smear is on 09:28  |  Annoyed 29/10/08
      11.   Obama Walks on Water 09:36  |  DAT 29/10/08
      12.   The ultimate sin in America 09:37  |  Clickfool 29/10/08
      13.   Obama`s appearance with Khalidi 09:38  |  Pat Kelley 29/10/08
      14.   #2 & #3 09:38  |  Mickey 29/10/08
      15.   The pals aren`t subjugated 09:52  |  UNWRA LADY 29/10/08
      16.   How interesting 10:17  |  Refugee 29/10/08
      17.   A lot of little pieces of frightening evidence. 10:30  |  Egon B.E. Friberger 29/10/08
      18.   Fair solutions require wide ranging discussion 10:32  |  Natallie Durson 29/10/08
      19.   Pat Kelley No. 7 10:49  |  Clickfool 29/10/08
      20.   The one-opinion "dictatorhsip" showing its ugly face again..... 10:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 29/10/08
      21.   The thought processes of McCain supporters 11:19  |  Kol ha-Nevi`im 29/10/08
      22.   Fake Clickfool rides again # 17 11:27  |  Clickfool 29/10/08
      23.   Obama & Mcain 11:29  |  Palestinian 29/10/08
      24.   #16 nutullie must learbn that fair solutions are not fair to 11:39  |  victor hardman 29/10/08
      25.   Public interest? Imagine the self righteous performance 11:43  |  PETER SM 29/10/08
      26.   REFUGEE.Who stopped him?? Fatwas,stabbing,throat cutting,riots 11:47  |  PETER SM 29/10/08
      27.   John of Sydney 11:51  |  Jackie 29/10/08
      28.   Reply to Dan Holmstock (Post No. 4) 11:53  |  Johnny Weintraub 29/10/08
      29.   To jon # 4 - Abu Mazen the `Moderate` 12:03  |  `Dolly 29/10/08
      30.   A youthful brilliant Senator Barack Obama 12:18  |  Dagma [third time] 29/10/08
      31.   No. 3, Joe 12:29  |  W 29/10/08
      32.   Not the whole story 12:33  |  Yael 29/10/08
      33.   Whose Holocaust? 13:27  |  Stan Golden Toe 29/10/08
      34.   That`s why I am voting for Obama. 13:36  |  Mary 29/10/08
      35.   The L.A.Times should release ..now. 13:38  |  Stephen. 29/10/08
      36.   Let the American people decide. 13:39  |  Bob M 29/10/08
      37.   Obama=Bush 13:42  |  Yariv 29/10/08
      38.   Prof. Khalidi - working for peace 13:43  |  Student 29/10/08
      39.   To Dan Holmstock # 7 - The Palestinians.... 13:49  |  The Threadmill 29/10/08
      40.   There is not question that Obama is anti Israel 14:20  |  Look 29/10/08
      41.   To Threadmill 14:22  |  100th generation Pal 29/10/08
      42.   The pathetic last campaign of John McCain 14:40  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/08
      43.   Perhaps for Natallie Durson, antisemitism is trivial 14:42  |  Israeli citizen 29/10/08
      44.   Cancelled my subscription years ago 14:48  |  Ron 29/10/08
      45.   Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian-American Orientalist 14:52  |  John Long 29/10/08
      46.   McCain & Republicans backed Khalidi 14:55  |  steve 29/10/08
      47.   The great al Takyia deception 14:57  |  2nd generation LIAR 29/10/08
      48.   To Natallie :Ignorance about facts, California made 14:57  |  Israeli citizen 29/10/08
      49.   Arabs Will Be Disappointed 14:59  |  Ron 29/10/08
      50.   Can`t release tape 15:17  |  Sandra Casella 29/10/08
      51.   Obama and Khalidi & Joe the Plumber 15:25  |  abjad 29/10/08
      52.   In the Tank...... 15:25  |  Stephanie 29/10/08
      53.   To Natallie :Ignorance about facts, California made 15:30  |  Israeli citizen 29/10/08
      54.   not to release clip 15:33  |  Ralph 29/10/08
      55.   LA Times and open agenda 15:37  |  Arie 29/10/08
      56.   No closet big enough to hide Obama`s skeletons! 15:40  |  Kim Hartveld 29/10/08
      57.   Release of tape!!! 15:45  |  Billy Coleman 29/10/08
      58.   To Emes Now # 7 - Rashid a TERROR SUPPORTER and Friend of Obama 15:46  |  Dolly 29/10/08
      59.   KHALIDI IS AN AMERICAN 15:54  |  SD 29/10/08
      60.   Dan Holmstock 16:04  |  Mary 29/10/08
      61.   McCain & Republicans funded Khalidi 16:11  |  DrSteve 29/10/08
      62.   Missed the point did you Israeli citizen? 16:22  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
      63.   Obama -Khalidi clip 16:24  |  Aurelia de Rojas 29/10/08
      64.   What is there to hide? 16:25  |  jane hedges 29/10/08
      65.   Critical of Isreal...So What? 16:26  |  Demosthenes 29/10/08
      66.   L.A. TIMES 16:26  |  Lori Delia 29/10/08
      67.   Another fraudulent headline 16:43  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/08
      68.   Obama seen consorting with unclean animals 16:45  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/08
      69.   Obama and LA Times 16:45  |  Fed Up 29/10/08
      70.   Reply to Jane Hedges in Illinois (Post No. 63) 16:47  |  Johnny Weintraub 29/10/08
      71.   Hypocrisy 16:53  |  Tarel 29/10/08
      72.   Tape? Who cares? So what? Rashidi is a great scholar. 16:59  |  curious 29/10/08
      73.   LA Times Khalidi 17:08  |  American 29/10/08
      74.   Well He Could Have Befriended Khalidi But... 17:15  |  Yosemite 29/10/08
      75.   clip of Obama 17:15  |  Jane Sudberry 29/10/08
      76.   LA Times is completely craven 17:17  |  DavidAK 29/10/08
      77.   It`s a twist on the right of "confidential source" 17:30  |  Ben Lolo 29/10/08
      78.   Potential US Pres. Friends with Terrorists Around Globe 17:39  |  Carri Czyzewski 29/10/08
      79.   Khalidi 17:41  |  Laura Leah 29/10/08
      80.   Rashid Khalid is not "controversial" 17:58  |  Tarik 29/10/08
      81.   Too many times Obama associated with terrorists.... 17:58  |  Johnny 29/10/08
      82.   Left wing media promoting Obama for some reason... 17:59  |  Jill 29/10/08
      83.   Palastinian 18:17  |  Marc 29/10/08
      84.   News clip 18:24  |  Marc 29/10/08
      85.   #74 Yosemite in Hollywood 18:25  |  Max Leygrume 29/10/08
      86.   palestinian #23 and you pals deserved a leader like arafat! 18:33  |  terrornator 29/10/08
      87.   To SD # 59 - Khalidi Born in New York...... 18:39  |  Natasha 29/10/08
      88.   Media is responsible to tell/show news. Clip is news? Show it. 18:40  |  common sense 29/10/08
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      90.   McCain a guest of Vietnamese Communists!!!!!!!!! 18:48  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/08
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      92.   To BBSNews # 9 - WHO subjugated the Palestinians 19:03  |  Dagma 29/10/08
      93.   #33, Stan Toe, Holocaust 6 million murdered 19:08  |  David 29/10/08
      94.   Truth is now for sale 19:14  |  2BlueStarMom 29/10/08
      95.   Khalid - Obama tape 19:19  |  truth 29/10/08
      96.   there they go again 19:23  |  frenz 29/10/08
      97.   82/83Lincoln.Exactly. These clips WERE released. Why not LA clip? 19:25  |  What is the fear? 29/10/08
      98.   Dagma, you do realize it is now 58 years later? 19:29  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
      99.   why the secrecy? 19:29  |  Harry 29/10/08
      100.   LA Times on side of terrorists 19:48  |  AC 29/10/08
      101.   Come on guys, didn`t you read Dr Steve`s post # 61....... 20:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 29/10/08
      102.   McCain himself funded Rashid Khalidi`s group 20:10  |  Veronica 29/10/08
      103.   Obama`s Comment Released 20:11  |  Draven 29/10/08
      104.   LATIMES.COM has displayed a pro-palestinian bias for years. 20:48  |  Sarah 29/10/08
      105.   Obama remarks 21:05  |  Norman Vincent 29/10/08
      106.   swiftboating has begun 21:08  |  Jade 29/10/08
      107.   To BBSNews # 98 - Gaza and West Bank Occupied? 21:27  |  Dagma 29/10/08
      108.   Palestinian Scholar? 21:29  |  Jeff Northridge 29/10/08
      109.   If the storm is perfectly fine, why wouldn`t the light wind 21:36  |  TonyL 29/10/08
      110.   Muslims in America 21:40  |  Bobolinski 29/10/08
      111.   To BBSNews # 98 - The Saudi Peace Plan... 22:26  |  Dagma 29/10/08
      112.   Obama Nation 22:48  |  Mark McGrew 29/10/08
      113.   Rashid Khalidi`s ties to McCain 22:55  |  Jonathan Batterman 29/10/08
      114.   can bbs news answer the following questions 23:03  |  victor hardman 29/10/08
      115.   BBSNews # 98 Mostly Wrong 23:27  |  Jeff Northridge 29/10/08
      116.   #105 Norman Vincent....do you prefer to stay 23:42  |  Lynn 29/10/08
      117.   #115 Jeff Northridge or rather "His Masters Voice". 00:21  |  Labhras 30/10/08
      118.   Why is this news suppression not a major story? 00:29  |  Mark 42 30/10/08
      119.   So What? 00:45  |  Mark Lincoln 30/10/08
      120.   MEDIA 01:13  |  tobia 30/10/08
      121.   Crime of the Century 01:20  |  Mary 30/10/08
      122.   Mark McGrew from El Paso #112 01:26  |  Persian Kitty 30/10/08
      123.   The left lies are for everyone to see , and for Jews 01:42  |  TOMY 30/10/08
      124.   la times not releasing video 02:09  |  rich 30/10/08
      125.   "It`s the ECONOMY, stupid!" 03:52  |  ManintheMiddle 30/10/08
      126.   We are not ever going to release this tape 03:57  |  LA Times 30/10/08
      127.   #90 BBSNews Selective History 04:14  |  dovvod 30/10/08
      128.   BBS - Maybe You Missed the Point 05:04  |  Alan 30/10/08
      129.   L.A.Times video 05:54  |  Melanie Baldon 30/10/08
      130.   Sad what this implies 06:11  |  America 30/10/08
      131.   BBS The Pal Charter has NOT changed.Despite promises to chage it 06:21  |  PETER SM 30/10/08
      132.   McCain gave the same organization almost half a million dollars!! 06:57  |  Greg 30/10/08
      133.   Khalidi is a great scholar 08:12  |  Mike McKenna 30/10/08
      134.   Have it your way Alan... 08:16  |  BBSNews 30/10/08
      135.   American #72, he was not fired..wake up 08:23  |  Palestinian Prince 30/10/08
      136.   To LA Times # 126 - Can it be THAT DETRIMENTAL...? 08:44  |  Dagma 30/10/08
      137.   obama with khalidi 14:34  |  Lee Maristany 30/10/08
      138.   McCain shows disrespect for freedom of information 20:15  |  Mark B. 30/10/08
      139.   jon in sydney 21:39  |  husky 31/10/08
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