WaPo Publishes Puffy 25-Paragraph Story: 'When It Comes to Praying, Ob

Ken Shepherd
August 20th, 2010 2:44 PM
"When it comes to praying, Obama prefers privacy." Thus reads the page A2 headline for Michael Shear's August 20 Washington Post story that reads like an extended Obama White House campaign press release. Shear opens with a story about how Obama prayed with "three Christian pastors" over the phone as he flew to Chicago to celebrate his 49th birthday. "As he celebrated his birthday, he was in a…