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Trump closes door on one falsehood, opens door to another

By JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE
Associated Press
Sep 17, 2:48 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even as Donald Trump sought to close the door on the false conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, he peddled another lie by claiming that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, was behind it. There is no evidence that is true.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_TRUMP_HIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-09-17-02-48-45

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Trump Makes His Birther Lie Worse

Gail Collins SEPT. 16, 2016

Wow. Donald Trump says President Obama was born here. What a concession. No wonder he’s trending up in the polls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/opinion/trump-makes-his-birther-lie-worse.html

.. hopefully those two are the ones Paul referenced in the one this one rests in reply to ..

"The Times and the AP, in particular, have put out hard-hitting stories that present the essence in the lede, not in paragraph 25."

Ah. Is there a sweet scent of positive change in the air?