Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly is the highest rated talk show host on cable and arguably Fox News’ talk show host flagship. In this segment he debunks the rumors and disinformation about Barack Obama — including the birtheris’ narrative now being spread by Donald Trump with an approving Sarah Palin not far behind. Note how Monica Crowley is still in demonization mode even after O’Reilly’s comments. I continue to predict the birther thing is going to seriously hurt any Republican who makes it an issue in 2012:
Karl Rove has been losing the war against birthers at Fox News which has become Birther News. Was O’Reilly’s intervention like bringing in the calvary?
Once again, it’s worth adding this birther theme song to listen to as you read future birther declarations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.