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Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy

Bill Maher, Roman Polanski and Barack Obama

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

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Craig Alan Silverman

Lineage and religion -- they are killer topics. It's not easy to escape religious roots. No one makes their own choice at birth regarding religion, yet ancestry and religious rules decide a lot.

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Think Again: The Mainstream Media Opens the Door to Hate

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

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Eric Alterman

Brooks Jackson: "As a former CNN reporter, I believe this episode is an embarrassment to CNN... They have an anchor on there saying one thing and their reporters saying quite another."

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The Birther Movement Won't Go Away, and for Good Reason

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Every newspaper, magazine, talk show host that damns the birthers as a bunch of wacky, paranoid, Obama-haters stirs the pot even more, giving unintended help to the movement.

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Hawaii Again Declares Obama Birth Certificate Real

AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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HONOLULU — State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii an...

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CNN, Others Using "Fig Leaf" to Justify Whack-Job Coverage

Bill Mann | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

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Bill Mann

Cable news, it's been noted, is the beast that must be constantly fed. And lately, with the coverage of the Birthers, it's been on a junk-food diet.

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Glenn Beck's Warped Hijacking of "9/12 America"

Will Bunch | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

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Will Bunch

Beck promised a project that would be dedicated to America's "eternal principles" -- but the only eternal principle that Glenn Beck really holds is "Glenn Beck."

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More Nuttiness on the Obama Birth Certificate Non-Issue

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The cases won't go anywhere but that's less important than the attention, publicity, and mischief making that the frivolous Obama hounders can cause.

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