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- October 1, 2007: Fact-Checking Organization Debunks Claim that Obama Attended ‘Radical’ Muslim ‘Madrassa’ in Indonesia 2007-10-01
- November 8, 2007: Email Falsely Claims Obama Refused to Say Pledge of Allegiance 2007-11-08
- December 19, 2007: Claim that Obama Took Oath of Office on Koran, Not Bible, Disproven 2007-12-19
- January 6-11, 2008: Fact-Checking Organization Debunks Claims that Obama Belongs to ‘Racist’ Church 2008-01-06
- January 11, 2008: Fact-Checking Organization Debunks Claims that Obama a ‘Covert Muslim’ Whose Middle Name Is ‘Mohammed’ 2008-01-11
- Around March 19, 2008: Email Claiming Obama the ‘Antichrist’ Misrepresents Biblical Teachings 2008-03-19
- April 18, 2008: Fact-Checking Organization Again Debunks Email Claims that Obama a ‘Muslim’ with Ties to Islamist Radicals 2008-04-18
- June 27, 2008: Fact-Checking Organization Debunks ‘Birther’ Claims about Obama Citizenship 2008-06-27
- July 20, 2008: Conservative Blogger ‘Proves’ Obama’s Birth Certificate Forged 2008-07-20
- October 16, 2008 and After: Edited Audiotape Purports to Show Obama’s Step-Grandmother Confirming Obama’s Kenyan Birth; Full Audiotape Proves Otherwise 2008-10-16
- October 28-30, 2008: Conservative Lobbying Group Releases Anti-Obama DVD in Five ‘Swing States’ 2008-10-28
- December 5, 2008: Columnist Explores Widening ‘Birther’ Conspiracy Theories 2008-12-05
- July 1, 2009: Fact Check Organization Disproves Claim that House Bill Intended to ‘Protect’ Obama from Having to Produce ‘Real’ Birth Certificate 2009-07-01
- January 21-22, 2010: Democratic Senator Says ‘Citizens United’ Ruling Overturns 100 Years of Campaign Finance Law; Political Fact-Checkers Say Ruling Impacts Laws from 1970s Onward; Other Democrats Critical of Ruling 2010-01-21
- Around June 28, 2010: Obama Visited Pakistan in 1981; Claim that Visit ‘Proves’ Lack of US Citizenship Debunked 2010-06-28
- August 4, 2010: Video of Obama Admitting ‘I Come from Kenya’ Fraudulent 2010-08-04
- January 18, 2011: Conservative News Blog Claims No ‘Long Form’ of Obama’s Birth Certificate Exists 2011-01-18
- February 10, 2011: Fact-Check Organization: Trump’s Claims that ‘No One Knew Obama’ in College ‘Ridiculous’ and ‘Crazy’ 2011-02-10
- February 14-27, 2011: Texas Legislator: Birth Certificate Proposal Stems from ‘Questions’ about Obama’s Citizenship 2011-02-14
- February 28, 2011: Former Arkansas Governor Falsely Claims Obama Raised in Kenya, Corrects Error 2011-02-28
- March 2-4, 2011: Georgia State Bill Requiring Presidential Proof of Citizenship Would Be Unconstitutional, Experts Conclude 2011-03-02
- April 7-10, 2011: Trump, Palin Claim that Obama Has Spent $2 Million Fighting Legal Challenges to Citizenship Disproven 2011-04-07
- June 26, 2011: GOP Presidential Candidate: Obama Lying about Need to Raise Debt Ceiling 2011-06-26
- November 30 - December 2, 2011: Gingrich Claims ‘Food Stamp’ Recipients ‘Millionaires’ Who Vacation ‘in Hawaii’; Claims Proven False 2011-12-02
- July 2008: Obama Opponent Finds News Announcement of Obama’s Birth