It turns out that those stories referring to Senator Obama's distant half-brother George living in squalor were heavily exaggerated:
...the story is hardly as sensational as some made it sound. As background, Obama and his half-brother, George, share a biological father, Barack Obama Sr., but have different mothers. The father left when Obama was 2 years old, and he was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents in the U.S. and, for a few years, in Indonesia. George grew up in Kenya. Neither had their father as much of a presence in their lives. The two met briefly when George, who is about 20 years younger than Barack, was very young.
After the Italian Vanity Fair story was reported, a CNN correspondent caught up with George Obama and interviewed him on camera. When asked about the brouhaha about his economic situation, he said that the media reports made him angry, adding:
George Obama: I was brought up well. I live well even now. The magazines, they have exaggerated everything ... There are some challenges, but maybe it is just like where you [the reporter] come from, there are the same challenges.
Another smear bites the dust.
UPDATE: I recently linked someone running one of these bogus "let's help Obama's brother because he won't (even though the above shows that he doesn't feel he lives in bad conditions and has never asked for any handouts)" website to this blog post, and in response, s/he tried to shill for that very website in this posts's comments. Wow. Needless to say, comment rejected.
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