MSNBC anchor, guests ignore Obama's prior condemnation of anti-Israel statements in church newsletter and by his pastor

SUMMARY: On MSNBC, Tucker Carlson described statements on the "pastor's pages" section of Sen. Barack Obama's church's newsletter as "wild," "anti-Israeli statements" and asserted: "I think Obama will feel the need to address that directly fairly soon." Later, Andrea Mitchell asked Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet: "Does he [Obama] have to do more explaining? Does he have to meet perhaps once again with Jewish leaders to try to reassure them that these are not his views as well?" Sweet responded: "Andrea, yes, yes, yes, and yes on everything you're saying." But no one mentioned Obama's prior condemnation of his pastor's "views on Israel" and the church's republication of an op-ed by a Hamas official.

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