I work in publishing. Our authors receive questionnaires for us so that we may write their bios, unless they have established bios. Either Barack was born in Kenya or he told people he was born in Kenya. George O’Leary was fired at Notre Dame for fabricating his resume. Doesn’t sound any different to me.
His bio was written for his first book which wasn’t published. Dreams from my Father was his second book. I think his first book was his real memoir, the one that actually listed his birthplace as Kenya.
In a way, the editor was telling the truth that it was fact-checking error. She simply forgot to change the birthplace to match the new birthplace in his second book.
Dreams of my Father was a retelling of the first book, probably rewritten by Bill Ayers. So as not to hinder his political future, his birthplace was changed to Hawaii, even if it contradicted with a long paper trail.
Make no doubt about it, if you want to know the truth, you need to find a copy of Obama’s first unpublished novel...