If there ever was a fire with this, there is way too much fake smoke caused by trolls, fake experts, fake news, and pranksters. As soon as the 'birther' issue started, 4Chan, Something Awful, and various assorted trolls started making games of how much they could push, from creating fake 'discoveries' to going to forums disguised as fake experts (Polarik is a good example, he played freepers and others for about a year with his fake expert imaging knowledge).
Unfortunately, many of the pranks and disinformation has become mainstream (the obvious phony student ID card for example) that one can't distinguish the facts from the fake.
It is a tainted issue.