The mainstream media is in cover-up and counter-act mode. During the [[campaign]], hardly a peep about [[Obama birth certificate lawsuits]]. After the election, coverage is also scarce. The few mentions of it have been dishonestly swept away, ridiculed as a nonconsequential matter. Enter the new catch phrase in the [[American]] lexicon, 'The Birthers' as coined by [[Politico]]. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450.html Culture of conspiracy: the Birthers] Politico, March 1, 2009</ref> So now the media has made the issue into an internet '[[conspiracy]]', it's a conservative rumor. Journalist will go as far as they can to cover for Obama. | The mainstream media is in cover-up and counter-act mode. During the [[campaign]], hardly a peep about [[Obama birth certificate lawsuits]]. After the election, coverage is also scarce. The few mentions of it have been dishonestly swept away, ridiculed as a nonconsequential matter. Enter the new catch phrase in the [[American]] lexicon, 'The Birthers' as coined by [[Politico]]. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19450.html Culture of conspiracy: the Birthers] Politico, March 1, 2009</ref> So now the media has made the issue into an internet '[[conspiracy]]', it's a conservative rumor. Journalist will go as far as they can to cover for Obama. |