Oy... this is what I get for watching The View.
The ladies spent 5 minutes discussing how the Western Wall prayer that was taken out of the wall and published in Israel was, according to the paper that published the presumably private document, Ma'ariv, pre-approved for publication by Obama even before the note was stuck in the wall. The claim from an unnamed Ma'ariv editor was legitimized by publication in The Jerusalem Post as part of a story about a potential legal probe and boycott of Ma'ariv for publishing the note.
The Wall Street Journal pushed the story further by publishing a series of web attacks on Obama without bothering to do what they do best... report news.
"Maariv's response: "Obama's note was published in Maariv and other international publications following his authorization to make the content of the note public. Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem. Moreover, since he is not Jewish, there is no violation of privacy as there would be for a Jewish person who places a note in the wall."
Problem is... the story was a lie.
The rest...
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2008/07/hot_button_circ.html