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".
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".