As we’ve detailed, WorldNetDaily appears to be trying to buy a favorable outcome from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “cold case posse” birther investigation through fawning coverage, raising money for the posse investigation, and even airbrushing him out of controversies to keep him from being besmirched by it.
Jerome Corsi has been Arpaio’s chief fluffer at WND. What has he been up to lately?
A Jan. 27 article touted how an “Obama supporter” was arrested for making a threat against Arpaio. Corsi was spoon-fed that claim from Arpaio himself: “The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in a press release Friday revealed that the suspect’s Internet postings indicate he is an avid supporter of Obama and that Arpaio’s ongoing investigation into the legitimacy of Obama’s birth certificate may be behind the threat to kill the sheriff.” Corsi soes not offer any evidence to substantiate the claim.
Corsi proclaimed in a Feb. 6 article that Arpaio “told WND today his office has scheduled a news conference in Phoenix for March 1 to release findings of the Cold Case Posse that has been investigating Barack Obama’s birth certificate and eligibility to be president.” Corsi did not disclose that he “spent 18 hours over a two-day period” testifying before the posse, nor has he indicated that the posse has ever taken testimony from people who were not birther conspiracists like himself. Corsi conculdes the article with a solicitation for donations to the posse.
Speaking of donations, WND has now sent out a total of seven emails to date to members of its mailing list begging for donations. The solicitation is in the form of a letter from WND editor Joseph Farah in which he claims that the posse investigation “is likely our last chance to get to the truth about Obama and to restore constitutional integrity to our political system.”
That wording tells us that Farah, Corsi and WND believe the investigation will be rigged in favor of birthers — and that WND’s sucking up to Arpaio is designed to help ensure that result.
Most people would call that bribery. What does WND call it?