English 102
Skepticism and Survival
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Prep for Research paper
A few Notes for prep
A last Revision Checklist
Items of Interest
Birthers 'n Bigfoot
"Does the Birther movement deserve any more oxygen than Bigfoot hunters in the American northwest? Absolutely not," says Karl Frisch, senior fellow with Media Matters for America, one of several online watchdogs following mainstream coverage of the Birthers.
"But they're getting it, most notably from CNN, which disingenuously has managed to debunk the Obama
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birth story as a myth - yet at the same time is allowing Lou Dobbs to continue promoting the conspiracy on air."
The Birthers saga reached an absurd apex this week on Comedy Central's Colbert Report, when mock-conservative host Stephen Colbert gushed over the movement's self-appointed matriarch, oddball California lawyer/dentist/realtor Orly Taitz, vowing to champion her cause.
June 19, 2007 Tuesday
