The MRC does not like accurate descriptions of Republican candidates, it seems.
A June 12 MRC TimesWatch post by Clay Waters complained that the New York Times called Sharron Angle, who won the Republican primary for the Nevada Senate seat currently held by Harry Reid, a “far-right conservative” and “extreme.”Waters called this a “smear” but offered no evidence the descriptor is inaccurate.
After all, Angle has claimed to be a member of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing group that advocates law enforcement and military types disobey orders they feel are unconstitutional. She has also promoted a Scientology-backed drug rehab program for prisoners and holds a plethora of other extreme views.
But according to Waters, telling the truth about Angle is a “smear.”
Elsewhere in the MRC empire, NewsBusters’ Brad Wilmouth was upset that some person on TV called Angle “on the fringe, almost wacky.” Like Waters, Wilmouth offered no evidence that this is not the case.