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    To the Point

    Presidential campaigns address 'birther' lies and spin

    Donald Trump today changed his tune about President Obama's birthplace, but in the process, he tried to revise political history when he accused Hillary Clinton of beginning the controversy in her 2008 presidential campaign.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 16, 2016 • 1 min read

    Donald Trump today changed his tune about President Obama's birthplace, but in the process, he tried to revise political history when he accused Hillary Clinton of beginning the controversy in her 2008 presidential campaign.

    Of course, it was Trump who kept the "birther" conspiracy alive even after the President released his birth certificate. Declaring that "his campaign was founded on an outrageous lie," Clinton has called for an apology. Jonathan Allen, who is is head of content at the political news platform Sidewire and a columnist at Roll Call, picks up the story.

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    3. 43:42Is there a constitutional right to literacy?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jonathan Allen

      Sidewire / Roll Call

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Opioid addiction and the white face of mass incarceration
    1. 1:52Presidential campaigns address 'birther' lies and spinYou’re reading this
    2. 8:50Mass incarceration in middle America
    3. 43:42Is there a constitutional right to literacy?
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