Why do people keep letting crazy Birther lady Orly Taitz on their TV shows? Maybe because she’s Rod Blagojevich say-anything kee-razy with a head of hair to match? Joy Behar‘s show is new, and everyone needs the buzz, so there you have it: Orly Taitz was on Joy Behar last night, accusing President Barack Obama [...]

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By now we have all watched the “meltdown” video of self-styled “birther” conspiracy spokesperson, Orly Taitz. Beyond the obvious, knee-slapping twitter punch lines that come out of Taitz’ tantrum (“Orly Taitz sez the special pardon is a forgery. Kim Jong-Il really President of Kenya. LMAO”), my question is: what does this particular video gem say about the nature of political media?

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The birther movement discussion popped up again last night, and this time on a network that hasn’t given them a platform in the past: Comedy Central.

Stephen Colbert, who announced he was a “birther” himself, despite the fact he’s not a fan of the name, interviewed Orly Taitz, a lawyer for the movement, on The Report last night. Is was predictably ridiculous.