Yahoo! News issues correction regarding President Obama's 'country of birth'

This is awkward. Noted right-wing nut-job conspiracy site Yahoo! News briefly joined the “birther” camp today, making note that President Obama wouldn’t be swinging by his “country of birth” when he and the first family visit Africa later this month.

Putting the ! in Yahoo! – Obama in Africa "won't be stopping in the country of his birth." http://t.co/6VombQeDcu

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) June 21, 2013

"The country of his birth"? What is your major malfunction, Yahoo? (http://t.co/dCXW48UQFw via @davidjoachim) pic.twitter.com/HTjZfam6lJ

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 21, 2013

Yahoo News has lost it: "Obama makes trip to Africa, won't be stopping at the country of his birth" @rachelrhartman http://t.co/SJWqjeObNJ

— NewsJunkie101 (@SmartOne8927) June 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/theonlyadult/status/348212973640224769

This is INSANE. RT @nycsouthpaw: "The country of his birth"? What is your major malfunction, Yahoo? pic.twitter.com/RJ2a4rRjL0

— TM Parker (@parkertm) June 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/RonnieObama/status/348218509035188226

Yahoo! White House reporter Rachel Rose Hartman hasn’t tweeted about the story or the correction, but she sure doesn’t seem like a birther. After all, her Twitter bio features a photo of the president and his daughters.

So @rachelrhartman is a "White House Reporter" for @Yahoo, but doesn't know where @BarackObama was born? #Fail http://t.co/6LmBN1zhT1

— Ruth Marie (@rmsylte) June 21, 2013

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Maybe someone else slipped in that detail, or maybe Yahoo! employs the same fact-checker who used to work at Barack Obama’s former literary agency. Whatever the reason, the article now refers to the president’s “ancestral homeland.”

Yahoo changed the president "won't be stopping in the country of his birth" to "his ancestral homeland." Good work, everyone. I guess.

— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) June 21, 2013

Even when Yahoo! makes the gaffe, some can’t help but blame Fox News.

Way to go Yahoo's Rachel Ross Hartman, another Fox-lite type spreading bogus memes http://t.co/y0cL0r6mfL #WeAllAreAfricans #noraces

— Brian Marcus (@brimarcsd) June 21, 2013