ABC Buys Baby 81 Story Exclusive (Wizbang)

Our friends at Lanka Business Online altered us to the latest update on the Baby 81 story this morning.

LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE - Sri Lanka's celebrated tsunami baby who was reunited with his parents after a heart-wrenching legal battle was Monday granted a visa to fly to New York for an ABC television programme, the US embassy here said. Four-month-old Abilash and his parents -- Junita and Murugpillai Jeyarajah -- were granted US visas, the embassy said in a statement.

"Millions of Americans will soon know about this wonderful story of reunion in the midst of so much tragedy after the tsunami." The embassy said the family "might travel on Tuesday morning" to appear on the "Good Morning America" TV show on the ABC TV network.

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Presumably ABC will be setting the record straight on the hype surrounding the Baby 81 story as well. Rocky Mountain News columnist Dave Kopel affixes the blame for that on Associate Press. It was AP copy that The New York Times was rehashing and following up on when they were singled out for sloppy coverage. It turns out the doctor most responsible for the myth of 9 families claiming Baby 81, denies saying that more than one family claimed the baby.

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Comments (5)

Is that an altered state of... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by annie | February 28, 2005 1:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

annie:

Is that an altered state of conciousness? :)

Posted on February 28, 2005 13:59

This is too easy.I wonder i... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by David | February 28, 2005 7:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

David:

This is too easy.I wonder if ABC's real reason for this act is because the family is Muslim.Why not a story about the orphans from other countrys who have not been reconnected with extended family members,or countrys. No, I'm not being anti-muslim. It's just that the MSM is so pro muslim over others.

Posted on February 28, 2005 19:41

It's just that the MSM ... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by mantis | February 28, 2005 9:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mantis:

It's just that the MSM is so pro muslim over others.

Since when?

Posted on February 28, 2005 21:17

-What "heart-wrenching lega... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Big Bang Hunter | February 28, 2005 11:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Big Bang Hunter:

-What "heart-wrenching legal battle"...there never was any.... that was all press hype.....

Posted on February 28, 2005 23:36

It seems that it's not only... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by lisa | March 1, 2005 4:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

lisa:

It seems that it's not only the mainstream media that gets its facts wrong.... The Jeyarajah's are not Muslims. What kind of stereotypes fuelled that assumption?

Posted on March 1, 2005 04:54

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