ɪn fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn, fˈɑːks nˈuːz ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðætðə wˈɑːʃɪŋtən ɹᵻpˈoːɹt hæd dᵻlˈiːɾᵻd fɹʌm ɐ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl ɐ kˈɑːmɛnt baɪ ɹˈæʃæd hˈʌseɪn, ðə nˈuːli ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd jˈuː.ˈɛs. ˈɛnvɔɪ tə ðɪ ˌɔːɹɡɐnəzˈeɪʃən ʌv ɪslˈɑːmɪk koʊˈɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃən ˌoʊˌaɪsˈiː, kˈɔːlɪŋ ðə pɹˌɑːsɪkjˈuːʃən ʌv sˈɑːmi ˈælˈɛɹiən ˈeɪ "pəlˈɪɾɪkli mˈoʊɾᵻvˌeɪɾᵻd pˌɜːsɪkjˈuːʃən".
In February 2010, Fox News reported that the Washington Report had deleted from a 2007 article a comment by Rashad Hussain, the newly appointed U.S. envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), calling the prosecution of Sami Al-Arian a "politically motivated persecution".