NewsBusters' Huston falsely claims Obama responsible for funding "Chinese hookers" study

[Mr. Ected]

NewsBusters' Warner Todd Huston falsely claimed that President Obama funded a $2.6 million NIH grant to "help train Chinese prostitutes to 'drink responsibly on the job.' " In fact, the grant was awarded during the Bush administration.

In a May 13 blog entry posted on several conservative blogs, NewsBusters contributing writer Warner Todd Huston falsely claimed that President Obama funded a $2.6 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to "help train Chinese prostitutes to 'drink responsibly on the job.' " In the post -- headlined, "Obama Pays to Treat Alcoholism in Chinese Hookers" -- Huston claimed that "the President of 'change' seems to be The One that drunken Chinese prostitutes 'have been waiting for.' ... id Obama become president of Chinese hookers, too?" In fact, the NIH grant, which will "establish and evaluate whether an alcohol and HIV intervention center can assist in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS among sex workers in China," was awarded during the Bush administration. Indeed, the very source Huston cited in making the claim -- a May 12 Cybercast News Service (CNS) article -- reported that the grant was "made last November." A Wayne State University press release announcing the grant was issued on November 5, 2008.

Bret Baier and Glenn Beck each also referred to the $2.6 million NIH grant during the May 12 broadcasts of their respective Fox News programs and portrayed the grant as controversial, but neither mentioned that the grant was made during the Bush administration.

More at: http://mediamatters.org/research/200905130010

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. That's the most intelligent criticism of Obama I've read all day.

[underpants]

2. It was too late to help brother brother Neal

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/25/bush.brother.reut/

Bush brother's divorce reveals sex romps

The Bush divorce, completed in April after 23 years of marriage, was prompted in part by Bush's relationship with another woman. He admitted in the deposition that he previously had sex with several other women while on trips to Thailand and Hong Kong at least five years ago.

The women, he said, simply knocked on the door of his hotel room, entered and had sex with him. He said he did not know if they were prostitutes because they never asked for money and he did not pay them.

[ThomCat]

3. Geezhus H Kerist!

Who the fuck cares which administration this was awarded under. Stop being petty. It's a good cause.

Alcoholism is a horrible addiction. Prostitutes live dangerous, high risk, stressful lives. If they, as a group, are all being driven to alcoholism that's only going everything.

Put aside the value judgments and the joy of hating people. Helping these women is a good thing.