{"id":4638,"date":"2011-07-17T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2011-07-22T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:16:40","slug":"russia-today-obama-a-cia-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/russia-today-obama-a-cia-product","title":{"rendered":"Russia Today: Obama is a CIA lackey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0fringe websites constantly proclaiming that President Obama is either a Communist or a Muslim or both, a Russian government-supported website, Russia Today, says that Obama is a\u00a0spawn of the CIA, which generally is considered an ultra-conservative agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Washington, D.C.-based media watchdog group Accuracy in Media, Russia Today, which\u00a0AIM considers a Russian government\u00a0propaganda arm, &#8220;has been making the rounds for a year claiming that Barack Obama or his family members have had CIA connections. 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