Birther Conspiracy Theory | Media Matters for America

During President Barack Obama's campaign and presidency, right-wingers and conspiracy theorists claimed that Obama had not been born in the United States and had instead been born in Kenya, and that the birth certificates he released were fake. Prominent pushers of this conspiracy theory included Donald Trump and Fox News.

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A Birther takes the stage at CPAC

02/19/10 4:50 PM EST
CPAC speaker McCullough “not that terribly disturbed” that birther promoter Hayworth challenging McCain

02/18/10 1:20 PM EST
Sarah Palin: Going Birther

12/04/09 10:44 AM EST
NPR commentator Codrescu nominates “birther movement” for a “Dobbie” award, honoring “bigotry, chauvinism and plain stupidity”

08/06/09 8:42 PM EDT
UPDATED: Conservative claims Birther is a liberal media plot

08/05/09 4:17 PM EDT
Conservative: Birther is liberal media plot

07/29/09 2:42 PM EDT
Colbert on birthers: “Made up of decent, old-fashioned Americans who just want to overturn a democratic election”

07/29/09 8:27 AM EDT
Colbert to “mother” of birthers: “So few people are willing to compare the Obama administration to Nazi Germany”

07/29/09 8:19 AM EDT
The press ought to acknowledge that facts are irrelevant to the birthers

07/28/09 4:13 PM EDT
Fineman on Republicans pushing birther conspiracy theories: “When the river is low, the river bed is exposed”

07/28/09 8:17 AM EDT
Media Matters: Captain Lou and the Birther Brigade

07/24/09 9:42 PM EDT