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Where can I read about the Barack Obama Flag City media myth?

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Where can I read about the Barack Obama Flag City media myth?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hogarth/flag-city-just-another-me_b_110276.html The Huffington Post November 3, 2008 Paul Hogarth “Flag City” Just Another Media Myth About Obama Posted July 1, 2008 | 04:13 PM (EST) Yesterday’s Washington Post had a front-page piece on Findlay, Ohio — the “Flag City” — where small-town voters in the ultimate swing state still believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim. What the Post didn’t report is that Findlay voted 2-1 for George Bush in 2004, and in 2006 rejected Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown (who won a landslide victory statewide.) It’s just the latest example of the media projecting the myth that the presidential race is somehow close, and grasping for non-existent trends to keep it alive. But reality says otherwise. Women and Latinos who supported Hillary Clinton are flocking to Obama, despite the narrative that Democrats are “divide

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