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YahooAs reports that Meredith Vieira is planning an exit from NBC's "Today Show" swirl, the anchor has sparked controversy over her failure to question a number of unsubstantiated challenges to the U.S. citizenship of President Barack Obama that Donald Trump floated in an interview with Vieira this morning.
Trump--the billionaire real estate tycoon and reality TV figure who is flirting with a 2012 presidential run--again sought to suggest that Obama was not born in the United States. "Birther" activists on the right have circulated the unsubstantiated claim in an effort to depict Obama's presidency as the outgrowth of a shadowy, constitutionally illegitimate conspiracy.
The birther position has been thoroughly debunked, and it hasn't gained traction within the journalistic mainstream. But Trump has nonetheless been on a media blitz in recent weeks promoting it.
When the issue came up on "Today"--which airs on the same network as Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice"--Vieira didn't exactly hold his feet to the fire.
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Yup, you have to love our "liberal" media sitting like a deer caught in headlights while a right wing wacko spouts lies. Heck, even Bill O'Reilly gave Trump a harder time than NBC's Meredith Vieira. Bill O'Reilly of all people!!!
It must be a great thing being a Republican politician. Right wingers give them a free pass on the deficit during the Bush Years. Than liberals give you a free pass, because they are conditioned by the corporate media to only blame Democrats. Finally, you can spout insanity about death panels and Obama being born in Kenya, and the media just sits there silently for their turn to speak.