More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Appearing on Friday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd hyped the birther attacks on Ted Cruz as damaging to the Texas Senator’s campaign: “...it has unnerved Cruz. You saw him. What got him to attack Trump? He avoided it for six months....This has rattled him. We're now on day seven where every day he has had to answer questions about this.”
That declaration was prompted by co-host Savannah Guthrie wondering: “What about the eligibility question for Cruz? Did Cruz end it? Is it over or is this still gonna float out there and be a potent issue for Trump?” Todd asserted: “No, it’s still out there because we now have reports that somebody has actually filed the first lawsuit....So, no, I don't think it's going away.”