NPR Changes Archive Regarding President's Birth

National Public Radio has joined Snopes and UPI among websites that have changed their archives regarding Barack Obama to bring their stories into alignment, in NPR's case eliminating a statement about the "Kenyan-born" senator "since Obama was born in Hawaii."

WND reported recently when the archives of the subsidized broadcast outlet referenced Obama's birthplace as Kenya and called him a "son of Africa."

But the records were altered shortly after the WND story was posted, and NPR ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, has explained, "I would hope they would correct factually inaccurate information since Obama was born in Hawaii."

She explained further.

"I have looked into it. Someone writing a summary of a story that aired on NPR incorrectly wrote that the story said Barack Obama was born in Kenya. The story said Obama's father was from Kenya."

However, she declined to explain what documentation or evidence provided the reason for the change.

Blogger Todd Starnes also asked NPR about the issue, and was told the statement was a "typo."

Other organizations have made similar changes. As WND has reported, United Press International and Snopes.com both at one time had statements that President Obama was born at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

But they later changed their records to reference Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children, also in Honolulu.

The changes came after WND reported Obama claimed he was born at Kapi'olani.NPR's promotion for the story had included a brief description of West African correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, who "describes the stories that have been exciting, including the U.S. presidential race of Kenyan-born Sen. Barack Obama."

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