That is the Obot defense, stated to perfection. It’s singularly stupid, though, because the blurb comes from the author. The author also approves it. Most Obots have reluctantly conceded these basic facts by now. There are a few diehard holdouts, however.
Where, btw, did the agents allegedly get the “fact” they forgot to check? Not where generally; where specifically.
To me, it makes no sense to get nationwide publicity in the major newspapers in 1990 all saying Hawaii is the place of birth and then a year later to have a minor bio in a publishing industry only blurb list a different place of birth.
In any event, two years ago The literary agent said that it was her error and its difficult if not impossible to prove otherwise 23 years after it was published.
In my humble opinion there’s just too much corroboration for Hawaii: the original vault edition birth certificate verified by Republican Governor Linda Lingle, the 1961 index of all Hawaii births, the newspaper birth announcements, the father’s interview with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Obama-Dunham divorce decree, and the Indonesian primary school application filled out by step-father Lolo Soetoro.