Topic: WorldNetDaily
WND will give it up (anonymity, that is) to just about anybody -- as long as they're forwarding WND's far-right anti-Obama agenda. Read more >>
Thursday, April 4, 2013
NEW ARTICLE: The Anonymity Sluts At WorldNetDaily
Topic: WorldNetDaily WND will give it up (anonymity, that is) to just about anybody -- as long as they're forwarding WND's far-right anti-Obama agenda. Read more >>
Posted by Terry K.
at 12:23 AM EDT
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Frank Gaffney Falsely Smears Muslim Leader As An Extremist
Topic: Newsmax Frank Gaffney writes in a March 28 Newsmax column attacking Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez:
In fact, Magid is no radical. As Media Matters documents:
This is who Gaffney wants you to think is some kind of radical jihadist. In reality, Gaffney is engaging in baseless anti-Muslim fearmongering.
Posted by Terry K.
at 11:26 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:30 PM EDT
Mychal Massie's Obsession With 'White Liberal Illuminati' Continues
Topic: WorldNetDaily WorldNetDaily's Mychal Massie has been weirdly obsessed with the "white liberal illuminati" and their purported racism over the past few weeks, an obsession he continues in his April 1 column:
Of course, Massie has never been afraid to play the race card, once declaring that any criticism of Condoleezza Rice was the same thing as what Bull Connor and Orval Faubus did. In reality, Massie's problem is that he is unable to handle criticism. His response to ConWebWatch's criticism of him was the petty action of blocking us from following him on Twitter (not that we can't figure out other ways of tracking his Buttzilla-laden tweets). As if to further demonstrate his pettiness, Massie writes: "I recall a recent incident in which a white liberal condescendingly told me I had used a word he didn’t know – as if I should feel bad for his ignorance." As we've documented, Massie makes a habit of using big, obscure words, apparently in his own attempt at condescension. We wouldn't be surprised if the real story is that the guy merely called Massie out on lording his ten-dollar words over people. And because Massie's sputtering hatred of everything Obama remains solidly in pathology territory, he concludes his column with this:
And that's the kind of person Massie is.
Posted by Terry K.
at 9:40 PM EDT
CNS' Bannister Ludicrously Claims Michelle Obama Turned Easter Egg Roll Into 'Fat Camp'
Topic: CNSNews.com CNSNews.com director of communications Craig Bannister -- the man who inspired Rush Limbaugh's three-day tirade of misogyny against Sandra Fluke -- is at it again, declaring in a March 28 CNS blog post that the annual White House Easter Egg Roll was being turned into a "fat camp":
Bannister provides no evidence that any of the "Let's Move!" activities would replace any traditional egg-rolling events, and he fails to mention that previous first ladies have incorporated their policy initiatives into the Easter egg roll. But Bannister isn't concerned with the truth; he's concerned with clicks. And his Obama-hating link-bait succeeded, getting repeated at Fox Nation.
Posted by Terry K.
at 11:14 AM EDT
Fraudster Monckton Accuses Others of Fraud
Topic: WorldNetDaily Christopher Monckton -- WorldNetDaily has started calling him "Lord Monckton" despite the fact that he has never been a member of the British House of Lords -- rants in a March 26 WND column:
This is pretty rich criticism coming from Monckton, who himself committed fraud a few months ago by impersonating a delegate from Burma at a global warming conference in Qatar, then using the fraudulently obtained seat to peddle his climate denier spiel until getting kicked out. We wonder: Does Monckton think the so-called "Climategate" emails should be similarly ignored because they were fraudulently obtained? Don't count on it.
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:17 AM EDT
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
MRC's Graham Wonders If MSNBC's Finney Is Dark Enough To Be Black
Topic: Media Research Center Yes, the Media Research Center's Tim Graham really did tweet his pondering of whether "the average viewer" of MSNBC would be able to tell that newly minted MSNBC host Karen Finney is African-American and his suggestion that John Boehner may be darker: And then he tweeted a photo of Finney so we can judge for ourselves:We have nothing to add.(h/t Media Matters)
Posted by Terry K.
at 10:13 PM EDT
WND Columnist Perpetuates Falsehood Fox News Is Balanced
Topic: WorldNetDaily WorldNetDaily columnist Michael Ackley usually begins his column with a disclaimer: "Michael Ackley’s columns may include satire and parody based on current, events, and thus mix fact with fiction. He assumes informed readers will be able to tell the difference." Well, this paragraph from his March 31 column must be one of those satire and parody things:
Just in case Ackley is not kidding, it's worth pointing out that Fox News has engaged in highly biased coverage of President Obama and his speeches. For instance, in the runup to the presidential election, Fox lavished more than three times as much airtime on Mitt Romney's speeches than Obama's. On the final day of campaigning before the election, Fox gave Romney 59 minutes of airtime, while giving just eight minutes to Obama. Similarly, while Fox aired the entire 23 minutes of Romney's speech to the NAACP, it aired only a minute and a half of the speech Vice President Joe Biden gave to the organization. If Ackley really thinks Fox News is balanced, one has to wonder about his self-proclaimed "expertise in media."
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:49 PM EDT
NewsBusters' Sheppard Promotes Truther Alex Jones' Smear of MSNBC
Topic: NewsBusters NewsBusters typically dismisses alleged 9/11 truthers like Rosie O'Donnell and Toure as immediately discredited because of those views. NewsBusters has even bashed the trutherism of Alex Jones, complaining in 2011 that MSNBC was allowing Jones to promote himself and his website without mention that he "promotes fringe theories blaming the U.S. government for 9/11 and distributes a documentary about 'the chemtrail/geo-engineering' coverup." So it was a bit of a surprise when NewsBusters associate editor Noel Sheppard devoted a March 31 post to Jones' ranting that MSNBC is "like the Ku Klux Klan channel, but it’s from a liberal perspective. Just race, everything race." Sheppard made no mention of Jones' trutherism or crazy conspiracy theories. (Nor does he mention that his fellow NewsBusters had criticized MSNBC for promoting Jones, which suggests more than a bit of ingratitude on Jones' part.) Apparently feeling some heat for promoting Jones, Sheppard later added this to his post:
So it's a good thing that Alex Jones concurs with the MRC on this issue? Really? Sheppard's disclaimer rings more than a little hollow -- this is, after all, the same guy who made an appearance on 9/11 truther Jesse Ventura's cable TV show, helpfully named "Conspiracy Theory," skulking around and ranting that global warming is all about “power and money and control of the population." For a guy who claims to disavow crazy conspiracy theories, Sheppard sure spends a lot of time promoting people who spout them.
Posted by Terry K.
at 10:25 AM EDT
The Week In Larry Klayman's Failed Lawyering, 'Nuts' Edition
Topic: WorldNetDaily Failed lawyer Larry Klayman just keeps on failing at his lawyering. First, Phoenix New Times reports regarding Klayman's representation of a tea party group that's defending Sheriff Joe Arpaio against a recall:
We do too, but we keep being proven wrong. Meanwhile, Klayman filed his latest soon-to-be-tossed-out-of-court lawsuit, accusing the Phoenix New Times and the Minneapolis City Pages of defaming him by accurately reporting accusations that Klayman "inappropriately touched" his children. The WND article on Klayman's lawsuit, as you might expect coming from one of his most loyal clients, is very friendly to Klayman's side of the story, letting him rant against media that is part of the "radical gay, lesbian and transgender ‘rights’ and pro-illegal immigrant agendas of the far left" and who are out to get him for defending Arpaio and Bradlee Dean. WND uncritically repeats Klayman's claim that "the charges had been leveled 'for strategic purposes' by his former wife" and that Klayman “has never been found by any legal entity or agency to have sexually abused his children…” Also, despite quoting a representative of the papers' parent stating that it "stands by the accuracy of its published report regarding the Ohio court decision concerning Mr. Klayman," WND also refused to explain what exactly was said about Klayman in that court decision -- indeed, the term "inappropriate touching" never appears in the article even though it's key to the allegations. For the record, here's what Klayman and WND won't tell you about what the Ohio court said on the subject, quoting from their ruling:
In other words, Klayman was never exonerated from the behavior he was accused of -- he refused to answer any questions about it out of fear of self-incrimination. Does Klayman realize that his lawsuit opens him up to further questioning about his alleged "inappropriate touching," and that a repeat performance of pleading the Fifth would be even more frowned upon as well as self-incriminating? Somehow, despite such demonstrated incompetence and disturbing behavior, Klayman keeps getting hired as an attorney. We don't get it either.
Posted by Terry K.
at 12:53 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 12:56 AM EDT
Monday, April 1, 2013
MRC Whines That Cesar Chavez Made Groceries More Expensive
Topic: Media Research Center The Media Reserarch Center's Culture & Media Institute weighed in on the silly controversy over Google marking Cesar Chavez's birthday over Easter by ... complaining about the price of groceries. A March 31 tweet stated of Chavez, "He isn't risen, but he did make sure the cost of our groceries have." This tweet was apparently written by theMRC's Matt Philbin, since he has the exact tweet on his Twitter feed. If so, Philbin is a massively ignorant person. Here's how Biography.com summarizes Chavez's work:
Apparently, Philbin has no problem with farm workers being poorly paid and working in harsh and dangerous conditions just so he could pay a few cents less for a head of lettuce. How selfish and nearsighted. Then again, Philbin happily joined Rush Limbaugh's campaign of misogyny against Sandra Fluke, so being a selfish jerk must come easy to him.
Posted by Terry K.
at 11:31 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013 11:31 PM EDT
WND Touts Birther Challenge Reaching Court of Judge Whose Book WND Is Selling
Topic: WorldNetDaily An unbylined March 30 WorldNetDaily article touts how failed lawyer Larry Klayman is appealing a birther lawsuit in Alabama to the state's supreme court, which is headed by right-wing favorite Roy Moore. The gist of the lawsuit, according to the article, is to demand that Alabama's secretary of state "to verify that all candidates on the state’s 2012 ballot were eligible to serve." Never mind that, as Dr. Conspiracy points out, at least two states have for and received certifications of the facts of Obama’s birth from Hawaii, and there is no statutory requirement for the Alabama Secretary of State to verify eligibility of candidates. In the middle of the article, WND sticks this in:
The funny thing, though: When you click on the link, it takes you to a WND online store page that states, "This item is no longer available." There's another reason that WND is excited about Moore's court getting this case:
Doesn't the fact that Moore is a birther mean that he must recuse himself from this case for having expressed an opinion on the underlying issue?
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:15 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013 1:37 PM EDT
MRC's Gainor: Media Engaging In 'Fascist Propaganda' For Gays
Topic: Media Research Center On the heels of his freakout over a newspaper photo of two men kissing, Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor ratchets up his anti-gay rhetoric at OneNewsNow's Instant Analysis site, in which he accuses the media of engaging in "full-blown fascist propaganda" on behalf of gays by airing shows in which gays aren't vilified:
It's ironic that Gainor would complain about pro-gay "propaganda" to what is essentially a propaganda website. OneNewsNow is operated by the anti-gay American Family Association. (h/t Right Wing Watch)
Posted by Terry K.
at 8:23 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013 8:24 AM EDT
Bradlee Dean Wants You to Think He's Telling the Truth
Topic: WorldNetDaily Bradlee Dean's March 21 WorldNetDaily column is headlined "Today's youth: dying for the truth." That may be so, but they shouldn't expect it to come from Bradlee Dean. As we've documented, Dean is little more than a lying preacher who peddles falsehoods and smears about his political enemies, mostly President Obama and homosexuals. A real preacher would have corrected his falsehoods and asked forgiveness -- something Dean has never done in regard to his WND columns. This particular column is dedicated to puffing himself up and denigrating anyone who objects to his dubious school presentations as "socialist-minded teachers who can’t handle the fact that the students are glued to the message." Is this the way a real preacher behaves? Not that we're familiar with. The fact that Dean is a liar who is so willing to denigrate anyone who stands in his way should be a red flag to school administrators who are thinking about inviting him to speak.
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:10 AM EDT
Sunday, March 31, 2013
NewsBusters' Double Standard on Shame
Topic: NewsBusters Matt Vespa devotes a March 29 NewsBusters post to ranting about how the website Slate is trying to shame Americans by accurately reporting the number of firearm-related fatalities since the Newtown massacre:
The very same day, by contrast, fellow NewsBuster Paul Bremmer was lamenting that women who have abortions aren't being shamed enough, which he tried to make up for with a large dose sneering contempt:
Such compassion, Mr. Bremmer.
Posted by Terry K.
at 11:34 PM EDT
WND Columnist Invents A Secret Conspiracy That Got Obama Elected
Topic: WorldNetDaily Unlike most WorldNetDaily columnists, Marisa Martin at least begins her March 27 column with the warning that something crazy will follow: "Though based on actual events, portions of this column are dramatized to fit speculation." Of course, what follows is much more heavy on speculation than it is on facts:
Martin then spends the rest of her column defending her Obama derangement:
Ah, yes, the old WND lament that anyone who voted for Obama is either brainwashed or an idiot (or both). Or, as it's known in the real world, sour grapes.
Posted by Terry K.
at 4:40 PM EDT
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