Newsweek mischaracterized Bill Clinton to claim he "call[ed] Obama's appeal a 'fairy tale' "

SUMMARY: In its "Conventional Wisdom" feature, Newsweek mischaracterized a quote by President Clinton to claim that he "call[ed] [Sen. Barack] Obama's appeal a 'fairy tale' " in comments Clinton made on January 7. In his comments -- which have also been mischaracterized by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham to claim that "Bill Clinton appeared to dismiss Obama's campaign as 'the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen' " -- Clinton was referring, not to Obama or his campaign, but to the senator's statements about his position on the Iraq war.

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