Former Obama pastor blames media for controversy

Barack Obama’s former pastor complained that the media used him as a “weapon of mass destruction” in an attempt to derail Mr Obama’s campaign for the presidency.

Speaking at a forum about race and religion, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright accused the media of taking out of context videotaped clips that showed him making anti-American statements from the pulpit of the Chicago church where Mr Obama had worshipped for 20 years.