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How the Media Fan the Flames of “Birtherism”

August 30, 2012, Filed Under: Media Education Policy, Resources

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Source: The Globalist
Author: Michael McCarthy
Link: http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=9102

“Birtherism,” the false belief that President Obama was not born in the United States, is now a defining issue in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. While much analysis has focused on what this means for the GOP, a more important question is what the falsehood’s persistence reveals about the media, writes Michael McCarthy, The Globalist’s managing editor

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