Topic: WorldNetDaily
Joseph Farah has long been unable to handle criticism of himself or his baby, WorldNetDaily, even when that criticism is wholly justified and factually accurate. That thin-skinned attitude is rubbing off on his protege, Aaron Klein -- we've encountered a couple examples of Klein-related defensiveness to his own shoddy reporting, as well as a dishonest response to criticism of a previous anti-Obama tome, "The Manchurian Candidate."
Well, Klein has a new Obama-bashing book out, and Klein and WND appear similarly unable to handle criticism.
An Oct. 8 WND article complains that "A syndicated news service attacked the New York Times best-selling book 'Fool Me Twice' as espousing 'conspiracy theories,' yet did not cite a single example of a conspiracy in the book, which unveils President Obama’s specific, second-term agenda."
As we've noted, "Fool Me Twice" appears to be nothing more than Klein's usual blend of biased speculation, guilt by association and conspiracy theories -- you know, just like "The Manchurian President." It's hard to "cite a single example of a conspiracy in the book" when the entire book is one big conspiracy theory.
WND uncritically repeats this Klein quote from the article:
“I don’t have an agenda beyond documenting for the American public what Barack Obama’s specific plans are or at least the recommendations that have been given to Obama that will most likely form the blueprint for a second term,” Klein said in the interview with Troy. “I was simply trying to do what the president will not, and that is spell out his actual plans if he gets elected.”
Klein is simply lying when he says he has no anti-Obama agenda. Bashing Obama is pretty much all he has been doing for the past four years. If he's so fair and balanced, where's his book on the "specific plans" of Mitt Romney?
