On his NBC News show today, Chris Matthews criticized right-wing media figures for using what Matthews called “coded” and “loaded” language when discussing President Obama and the myth that he is not a natural-born citizen.
Matthews suggested that in releasing his original birth certificate this week, Obama “stripped away the pretense that this was about birthplace when it's really about race.” To bolster his point, Matthews aimed his criticism at Donald Trump's reference to "basketball" while talking about Obama, Sean Hannity's fixation on Obama's visit to Shiloh Baptist Church, and Rush Limbaugh's demand that Obama release his “grades.”
