The New York Times Explains How Media Tried to Help, But Just Ended up Dragging out Birtherism
Note: We recognize the argument that, by explaining how the media dragged out the birther story, the New York Times is itself dragging out the birther story. We will refrain from making said argument, pretty much because we’d be guilty of the same thing.
Moving on. Brian Stelter at the Times writes that though the facts about President Barack Obama‘s birth never wavered, the more the “fraudulent theories were debated and dispelled in major news media outlets, the more people seemed to believe them.”
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