memeorandum: Factchecking Obama: Birther controversy was 4% of newshole, not ‘dominant’ story (Julie Moos/Poynter)

6:30 PM ET, April 27, 2011

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President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate — Ed. Note: Read the transcript of the President's remarks following this release or watch the video below: — var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube- nocookie.com/v …

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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:

President Obama Tells Untruth in Birth Certificate Press Briefing — ABC News' Jake Tapper reports: — It was about my birth certificate. And that was true on most of the news outlets that were represented here." — But the president was wrong. — According to Pew's Project …

Discussion: Washington Post, Journalism.org, Washington Monthly, Weigel, Outside the Beltway and Ben Smith's Blog

Alexander Mooney / CNN:

White House releases Obama's birth certificate — (CNN) - President Obama released his original birth certificate Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding the issue had become a “sideshow.” — Obama's birth certificate — “We do not have time for this kind of silliness.

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Trump Adviser: Even If Long-Form Birth Certificate Is Genuine, It Doesn't Prove Anything — This morning, President Obama released his long-form birth certificate from Hawaii. The conspiracy website World Net Daily has written over 600 articles in the last three years questioning Obama's birthplace.

Discussion: News One, TPMDC, Swampland, US News, Balloon Juice, CNN, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:

Gingrich On Birth Certificate Release: ‘Why Did It Take So Long?’ — TPM just caught up with Newt Gingrich after his address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday morning. We asked about the news of the moment, the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate.

Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story

Colby Hall / Mediaite:

Eric Cantor Criticizes President Obama For Addressing Birth Certificate Controversy — With this morning's shocking revelation by the White House of the long form birth certificate confirming that President Barack Obama was in fact born in Hawaii (gasp!), Fox News turned first for political reaction …

Discussion: Fox Nation, The Stir By CafeMom, Fox News, Pundit & Pundette and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Ralph Nader / Bloomberg:

Why Obama Will Get Second Term in White House: Ralph Nader — The stars are aligned for Barack Obama's re-election in November 2012. He won't join Jimmy Carter to be the second Democrat in 120 years to lose a second term. — Five things are playing in Obama's favor.

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Politico and Truthdig

The Smoking Gun:

Will Release Of Obama's Purported Birth Certificate Give Rise To New “Certer” Movement? — Buster … This morning's White House release of President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate will, of course, do little to derail the “birther” movement, which will now analyze the document …

Discussion: National Review, Hullabaloo, Atlas Shrugs, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications and The Greenroom

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Trump: ‘Very proud of myself’ — Real estate mogul and possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed credit Wednesday for President Obama's decision to release his long-form birth certificate. — Trump, speaking in the key GOP primary state of New Hampshire …

Discussion: CNN, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Scared Monkeys, CANNONFIRE, Harry's Place, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, alicublog and The Moderate Voice

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Orly Taitz: Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Should Say ‘Negro’ Not ‘African’

Discussion: Weigel, Fox News, TPMDC, National Review, Comments from Left Field, Gawker, The Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Colorlines and Raw Replay

Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Birthers unmoved — The theories about President Barack Obama's birth …

Discussion: Wonkette, The Maddow Blog, Dean's World and Weigel

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Why Did Obama Wait So Long?

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
TRUMP 1, OBAMA : So I was at the gym when they finally caved …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Daily Caller, Firedoglake, The Other McCain, ThinkProgress, Pajamas Media, Hot Air and Don Surber

Julie Moos / Poynter:
Factchecking Obama: Birther controversy was 4% of newshole, not ‘dominant’ story

Discussion: TVNewser, Mediaite, Balloon Juice and Pajamas Media, more at Mediagazer »

Bob Unruh / WorldNetDaily:
White House releases Obama ‘birth certificate’

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Wonkette

David Weigel / Weigel:
The Long-Form Birth Certificate of Barack Obama

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Limbaugh credits Trump and polling for timing of long-form birth certificate release

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says Obama Should ‘Get Off His Basketball Court’

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker, The Daily Beast and Weasel Zippers

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Releases ‘Long-Form’ Birth Certificate

Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof, Mediaite and Washington Post

Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
More Fact Check

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Associated Press and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Robert Gibbs to Donald Trump: Where are the tax returns?

Discussion: George's Bottom Line, Washington Wire, Ben Smith's Blog and Indecision Forever

David Remnick / News Desk:
Trump, Birtherism, and Race-Baiting

Discussion: Gothamist, Big Hollywood and Jack & Jill Politics

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Releases ‘Long Form’ Birth Certificate

Discussion: TPMDC, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Guardian, Law Blog, Towleroad News #gay, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, The Atlantic Online, Indecision Forever and The Daily Caller

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Fox News: White House Releases ‘What It Says’ Is The President's Birth Certificate

Discussion: msnbc.com, Media Matters for America, Crooks and Liars, USA Today, Jack & Jill Politics, GayPatriot and Washington Monthly

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Reid: The Senate Will Vote On Paul Ryan's Budget … WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on Wednesday that he would host a vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget as a means of forcing moderate GOP senators to weigh in on the legislation's controversial proposals.

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Washington Post, The Raw Story and Raw Replay

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans Divided Over Ryan vs. Obama Deficit Plans — Favor congressional Republicans over Democrats on federal budget, generally — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. adults are evenly split in their reactions to the major deficit-reduction plans being debated in Washington.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Foundry, Hot Air, The Politico, Pajamas Media, Wake up America, National Review, Big Government, Hotline On Call and Don Surber

Josh Kraushaar / Hotline On Call:
Gallup: Seniors Most Favorable To Ryan Budget

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Lonely Conservative

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Reid will hold Senate vote on Ryan budget

Discussion: Reuters, CNN, The Politico, The Note and New York Magazine

Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:

Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin: First Photo … Check out the first photo of Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film, Game Change. — The actress nails Palin's look with a bright suit, patriotic flag pin and similar glasses. She also ditched her trademark red hair for Palin's brown style …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN, The Mudflats, Gothamist, Indecision Forever, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Phillip V. Caruso / People.com:
FIRST PHOTO: Julianne Moore As Sarah Palin

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Big Hollywood, CNN and The Page

Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:

House votes to restrict unions — Measure would curb bargaining on health care — Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, said the union would fight the legislation “to the bitter end.” (M. McDonald for The Boston Globe) — House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly …

Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air, The Foundry, American Times, RedState, Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog, LaborUnionReport.com and Illinois Review

Rebecca Keegan / 24 Frames:

‘Atlas Shrugged’ producer: ‘Critics, you won.’ He's going ‘on strike.’ — EXCLUSIVE: Twelve days after opening “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” the producer of the Ayn Rand adaptation said Tuesday that he is reconsidering his plans to make Parts 2 and 3 because of scathing reviews and flagging box office returns for the film.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, alicublog, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Shakesville

Los Angeles Times:
Quick Takes: ‘Atlas’ shelved?

Discussion: Hit & Run

Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:

Trump's Birther Antics Are Driving Away His Liberal Audience — He may be dumber than you think: Exclusive research reveals “Celebrity Apprentice” viewers are the most Democratic in primetime TV. — Click to expand — He may have gotten President Obama's attention …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Reuters:

Fatah and Hamas agree to historic Palestinian reconciliation deal — Rival groups will form interim government and then move toward setting a date for a general election, four years after their government collapsed when Hamas overran the Gaza Strip. — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's …

Discussion: Reuters, The Investigative Project …, The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, The Enterprise Blog, Booman Tribune and Ben Smith's Blog

Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Fatah and Hamas Announce Outline of Deal

Discussion: Swampland

Washington Post:

Obama to nominate CIA Director Leon Panetta as defense secretary — President Obama will nominate CIA Director Leon Panetta this week as secretary of defense, replacing Robert M. Gates as part of a series of national security shifts that will also place Afghanistan war commander …

Discussion: TalkLeft

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

Discussion: The Politico, The Hill, CNN and The Note

Paul Krugman:

Bernanke Wimps Out — So Bernanke did get asked why, given low inflation and high unemployment, the Fed isn't doing more. And his answer was disheartening. — As far as I can tell, his analytical framework isn't too different from mine. The inflation rate to worry about is some underlying …