Ellis Washington writes in his Aug. 11 WorldNetDaily column that he doesn’t want his tribute to Joseph Farah “to become unduly fawning.” And it doesn’t become unduly fawning — it becomes embarrassingly (and falsely) so:
Farah alone continues defending himself against universal blacklisting and vicious libel and slander leveled against his name by socialist radicals and the state-controlled media for 12 years since his cofounding of WorldNetDaily with his dear wife, Elizabeth.
[…]In conclusion, Joseph Farah is a man’s man. He is fearless and is loyal only to God, America and the truth. His indefatigable spirit and prolific output in writing an original and interesting column every day, as well as path-breaking books such as “Taking America Back: A Radical Plan to Revive Freedom, Morality and Justice,” his informative online intelligence newsletter, Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, and many news articles from a career as a professional journalist spanning over 30 years, is an achievement that even conservative icon Bill Buckley would be envious of.
Exceeding gratitude to you, Joseph Farah, and to all the editors, writers and staff at WorldNetDaily for being a clarion voice of Veritas (truth), when all other voices have either been silenced or compromised.
Washington clearly does not know Farah like we do.
First and foremost, he does not care about the truth. He is a liar. He and his WorldNetDaily employees have repeatedly lied about Barack Obama. Farah has lied about us.
Second, he is not fearless — as demonstrated by his list of demands before he would appear on “The O’Reilly Factor,” chief among them being that he would not have to stoop to appearing with any other guests. O’Reilly declined to give in to Farah’s demands.
And Farah himself says he’s an activist, not a journalist.
So take away the illusion of truth, fearlessness and journalism, what is left for Washington (or anyone, really) to admire about Farah?
UPDATE: World O’ Crap helpfully chimes in:
Yes, but what mythological or historical hero does he bear a resemblance to that only you can see? Michael Savage is Prometheus and Captain Dreyfus. You’re Sisyphus this week. Even Obama got to be Emmanuel Goldstein from 1984. You ask me, Farah ain’t getting his 20 bucks worth here.