I wouldn't say 39% of Republicans could be thought of as "fringe."

Maybe so.


A new Pew Research poll finds 39% of Republicans think the media is
not paying enough attention to allegations that President Obama was
not born in the United States, while 27% say they have received the
right amount of attention and 26% say they have gotten too much
attention.

Among Democrats, 58% say the claims have gotten too much attention
from news organizations