Topic: WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily expects its readers to trust Reza Kahlili, who hides behind a fake name and disguise and almost exclusively uses anonymous, untraceable sources. Read more >>
Thursday, September 5, 2013
NEW ARTICLE: Black Box Reporter
Topic: WorldNetDaily WorldNetDaily expects its readers to trust Reza Kahlili, who hides behind a fake name and disguise and almost exclusively uses anonymous, untraceable sources. Read more >>
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:21 AM EDT
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
At CNS, A 29-Year-Old Quote Is 'News'
Topic: CNSNews.com CNS has a peculiar idea of what constitutes "news." First it was jokes from late-night comedians, then it was snide attacks from right-wing pundits. Now it's ancient quotes from a celebrity. Here's how a Sept. 4 CNS article by Michael W. Chapman begins:
And, yes, the rest of the article is all about what Nicholson said about abortion 29 years ago. Funny, we thought conservatives believed celebrities were supposed to shut up and sing or whatever. Apaprently, if you're conservatively correct, you're allowed to say whatever you want. Indeed, CNS publishes columns by Charlie Daniels, who clearly has not been told by Chapman to shut up and sing.
Posted by Terry K.
at 7:13 PM EDT
Another Sketchy Figure Endorses Farah's 'Day of Prayer And Repentence'
Topic: WorldNetDaily We've detailed the rogue's gallery of fringe figures who have endorsed WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah's 9/11 "Day of Prayer and Repentence." Add another one to the list. An Aug. 31 WND article by Scott Greer details how "Carl Gallups, author of 'The Magic Man in the Sky' and the coming WND Books release 'The Rabbi Who Found the Messiah,” says America is “on the precipice of no return'" ... as he endorsed the 9-11-13 National Day of Prayer and Repentance, which was prompted by a commentary from WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah." Greer continues:
Speaking of depraved minds, Gallups arguably is one. He's the mastermind behind PP Simmons, the "online ministry" that's little more than an anti-Obama propaganda mill. Through PP Simmons, Gallups has promoted the idea that Obama is the Antichrist, and he has pushed numerous birther claims. Gallups once used his radio show to invite any "Obot" to call in and prove that Obama is a citizen; when one did, Gallups cut him off. We will assume that Gallups will not be repenting any of his dishonest, reprensible behavior on the day he's endorsing.
Posted by Terry K.
at 3:29 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 7:04 PM EDT
MRC Drags Columbia U. Into Its Anti-Soros Crusade
Topic: Media Research Center It's been a while since the Media Research Center has inflicted its obsession with George Soros on its readers, so we were due. And the MRC delivers with an Aug. 28 "special report" by Mike Ciandella using Soros to attack the Columbia University journalism school. But as with many MRC "special reports," this one falls into the not-so-special category, sloppily written to suggest more sinister connections than the facts bear out. Ciandella's big claim is that "Columbia has received $9.7 million from left-wing billionaire George Soros, more support than he has given to all but three other schools." But if you go to the section of the report detailing that, Ciandella says that the donations are since 2000, and his lack of further detail tells us that the amount is for all Soros donations to Columbia, not just to the j-school as he suggests. (By contrast, the the Koch Family Charitable Foundations, operated by conservative billionaire Koch brothers, have given more than $29 million to George Mason University since 1985, and Ciandella doesn't seem too concerned about that.) Still, that amount over 13 years is still one-fourth of what the Unification Church doles out every single year to keep the conservative Washington Times alive. Ciandella also asserts that "Of the 40 full-time members of the faculty, 27 work at explicitly left-wing outlets including The Huffington Post, Slate, The American Prospect, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation and Greenpeace." But "work for" typically means being paid, and Ciandella provides no evidence that the professors who "work for" these "left-wing" outlets receive money for their contributions. For instance, the Huffington Post does not pay its bloggers. Ciandella goes on to huff that "Many of these professors not only write for these liberal outlets, but actually work full-time for them as well," citing as one example "Thomas B. Edsall with the Huffington Post." In fact, Edsall hasn't worked for the Huffington Post since 2010. Further, Ciandella is using "left-wing" and "liberal" interchangeably, which further indicates the level of intellectual sloppiness in his report. Ciandella even takes the respected Columbia Journalism Review for allegedly being "left of center":
Ironically, Ciandella doesn't disclose whether his employer, the MRC, has received any Donors Trust money. That lack of disclosure is typical here: Ciandella's report is bereft of endnotes that would detail where he got his information from, which a real researcher would do. That's how bad and biased this report is.
Posted by Terry K.
at 2:23 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 2:25 PM EDT
How Is Mychal Massie Lying About Obama This Week?
Topic: WorldNetDaily It's not too far from the truth to say that you know Mychal Massie is lying because his lips are moving. And he tells more lies in his Sept. 3 WorldNetDaily column:
In fact, the U.S. opposed the release of Megrahi, as demonstrated by correspondence with Scotland by the State Department, which specifically states that "we are not able to endorse the early release of Megrahi under any scenario." And since this is Mychal Massie, whose hatred of Obama borders on the pathological, we get a massive dose of Obama derangement, in which Massie likens the president to Adolf Hitler and Ted Bundy:
Massie is a depraved liar regardless of his race.
Posted by Terry K.
at 9:10 AM EDT
Newsmax's Gizzi Tries to Claim MLK For Republicans
Topic: Newsmax CNS' Terry Jeffrey is not the only right-winger who's trying to claim Martin Luther King Jr. for conservatives. Newsmax's John Gizzi joins the party in a Sept. 1 article pushing the idea that King was a Republican:
But, as Gizzi later concedes, Thompson "never personally met King." That, of course, doesn't keep Gizzi from using Thompson to suggest King's political leanings, even as he goes on to admit that "Republican orators increasingly denounced" King for his "embrace of the anti-Vietnam War movement and his friendship with the far left."
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:48 AM EDT
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
WND Columnist: End-Time Teach Keeps Christians In Line
Topic: WorldNetDaily Tom Flannery seems to have inadvertently given away a secret about evangelical Christianity. In rebutting a video made by fellow WND columnist Bradlee Dean criticizing evangelicals who teach end-times theology, Flannery's Sept. 2 WND column defends end-time teaching as "a message of hope and joy unspeakable" -- and, as it turns out, a good way to keep Christians in line:
Admitting you're scaring people into believing in God seems a bit counterproductive -- not to mention having the dubious effect of proving Bradlee Dean correct.
Posted by Terry K.
at 3:32 PM EDT
AIM's Benghazi Crowdsourcing Is A Bust So Far
Topic: Accuracy in Media In promoting its little kangaroo court it calls a "Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi," Accuracy in Media is staging some sort of unspecified conference (which may or may not be a planned Sept. 16 gathering) that it claims will cost $5,000. To that end, AIM is trying to raise $1,000 from its readers through a crowdfunding site, complete with perks for large donations. Though the campaign nas been up and running for nearly two weeks, AIM has yet to receive a single donation: Perhaps its readers have realized how much of a kangaroo court its birther-filled "citizens commission" will be. Whatever the reason, it doesn't bode well for AIM or its commission.
Posted by Terry K.
at 2:06 PM EDT
WND's Farah Misses The Point On Its Impeachment Profiteering
Topic: WorldNetDaily Joseph Farah begins his Aug. 30 WorldNetDaily column this way:
Farah goes on to complain that other news outlets have written stories about WND's new "Impeachment Store," mocking his critics for exposing "my scheme to enrich myself through this jaded scheme of profiteering off the outrage of millions of Americans over the conduct of the most un-American president in history." But Farah (perhaps deliberately) misses the point. The question his activities raise is not one of money-making but of journalistic integrity. As we've documented, Farah is using the same tactics against Obama as he did in the 1990s against President Clinton by promoting conspiracy theories about the death of Vince Foster. But unlike then -- when Farah used a nonprofit group as a front for his Clinton-bashing -- Farah heads the for-profit WND, and thus is in a position to make much more money off his anti-Obama activism than he did off his anti-Clinton activism. This raises the likelihood that Farah will keep any anti-Obama story alive in order to sell more anti-Obama tchotchkes to his readers. Indeed, he has already demonstrated his willingness to do so by forbidding any contradiction of its birther conspiracies to be reported at WND. By the same token, while WND has heavily promoted Aaron Klein's new anti-Obama book advocating impeachment, WND has not published any rebuttals of Klein's pro-impeachment arguments. Presumably, that's because he doesn't want to undermine sales of a book he's publishing. In other words, he has a motive for putting his own personal wealth ahead of journalism, and he is apparently doing so. And, as always, Farah is thin-skinned about the truth being told about him and his "news" website.
Posted by Terry K.
at 12:30 PM EDT
NewsBusters: Obama Is A Journalist Whisperer!
Topic: NewsBusters Ken Shepherd writes in a Sept. 1 NewsBusters post:
So Obama is sending secret "telegraphed messages" to the media? After bashing a Wall Street Journal article for not hating Obama enough for pushing for an airstrike against Syria, Shepherd huffs:
If Shepherd really believes that "responsible journalism" doesn't take sides, he might want to have a chat with Terry Jeffrey, editor in chief of the "journalism" end of the Media Research Center, CNSNews.com. He has an article headlined "Obama to Congress: I Don't Need Your Authorization for War, But Give It to Me Anyway." If the MRC's own "journalism" operation can't act in a balanced manner, what authority do Shepherd and the MRC have to demand it of other media outlets?
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:20 AM EDT
Monday, September 2, 2013
WND Just Can't Stop Fearmongering About Gardasil
Topic: WorldNetDaily WorldNetDaily has long tried to scare its readers about Gardasil and other HPV vaccines. Bob Unruh is at it again in an Aug. 30 article:
Unruh uncritically presents Judicial Watch's alarmist claims as fact. At no point does he bother to explain the position of the Centers for Disease Control on Gardasil: That there is "no statistically significant increased risk" for such specific severe adverse events such as Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS), stroke, VTE, appendicitis, seizures, syncope, allergic reactions, and anaphylaxis resulting from a Gardasil vaccination. The most common adverse events, according to the CDC, are pain and redness at the site of immunization, dizziness, nausea, fainting and headache. But Unruh doesn't care about the truth -- just implementing his employer's right-wing agenda, even if someone might die in the process.
Posted by Terry K.
at 9:15 PM EDT
MRC's Bozell Hypocritically Laments Lack Of Separation Between News, Advocacy
Topic: Media Research Center Brent Bozell complains in his Aug. 27 column:
Bozell won't tell you that MSNBC is arguably following in the footsteps of Fox News, specifically its heavy promotion of the tea party in the early years of the Obama administration, in which Fox far surpassed anything MSNBC and Sharpton have done. In August 2009, for example, Fox News repeatedly promoted a cross-country bus tour by one tea party group, with one Fox anchor even saying that "we want to let folks know" the Tea Party schedule so "they can be a part" of the events. One Fox "reporter" even embedded with the bus tour and filed biased, fawning reports promoting the tea party effort. And in April 2009, Fox News actually claimed sponsorship of tea party rallies. Funny, we don't recall Bozell being critical of that, let alone lament any blurred lines between news and advocacy on TV.
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:53 PM EDT
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Ilana Mercer Pushes WND's Race-Baiting Agenda
Topic: WorldNetDaily As befits someone who kinda misses apartheid, WorldNetDaily columnist Ilana Mercer is fully on board with WND's race-baiting agenda, eager to scream loud and long that blacks are nothing but thugs and criminals. In her Aug. 8 column, Mercer laments that even Fox News is "deflect[ing] from the white-hot issue of black-on-white violence":
Mercer race-baits again in her Aug. 28 column:
Mercer also describes the death of Christopher Lane as being at the hands of "another pair of feral black youths," disappearing the white youth who is also charged in the death.
Posted by Terry K.
at 9:18 PM EDT
CNS Thinks It's A Waste Of Money To Provide Mental Health Services to Gays
Topic: CNSNews.com CNSNews.com, it seems, just can't find any LGBT-related spending that it doesn't consider to be a waste. The latest entry is an Aug. 30 article by Melanie Hunter complaining that "The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $556,000 to Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine for an LGBT mental health internship program."Hunter goes on to demand of an HHS spokesman "why it was advantageous for HHS to fund the grant despite the sequester." Hunter doesn't explain, however, why she has deemed this particular expenditure to be a waste of money -- arguably, she makes the opposite case by explaining while the grant exists:
Apparently, Hunter believes it is a waste of money to provide mental health services to -- and thus possibly save the life of -- an LGBT person, which comports nicely with her employer's anti-gay agenda.
Posted by Terry K.
at 4:31 PM EDT
Saturday, August 31, 2013
WND's Jim Fletcher Doesn't Understand Newspaper Economics
Topic: WorldNetDaily When anyone invokes Rush Limbaugh, that should be a warning sign. Jim Fletcher writes in his Aug. 29 WorldNetDaily column:
So how does Fletcher account for the fact that conservative newspapers like the Washington Times and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review would not be in business were it not for deep-pocketed owners willing to absorb millions of dollars of annual losses, even when there was no competition from the Internet? How does Fletcher account for the fact that even deep-pocketed owners get tired of losing money, which finally allowed the Washington Examiner and Human Events to succumb to market forces? Is Fletcher going to blame the content of these conservative papers for their demise and lack of profit, as he does for "liberal" newspapers? Of course not -- Rush Limbaugh told him not to.
Posted by Terry K.
at 2:13 PM EDT
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