In a June 11 Newsmax column, Lowell Ponte asserted that “liberal press began a furious attack on one of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s most likely vice-presidential picks, Virginia Sen. Jim…
WND’s ‘News’ Standard On Obama: Baseless Speculation
We’ve previously detailed how WorldNetDaily’s coverage of Barack Obama involves reporting things it hasn’t bothered to verify are even true — the normal, one might even say essential, function of a news…
Wash. Examiner Adds Another Conservative
While the Washington Times is trying to distance itself from its reputation of being a slavishly conservative newspaper, the Washington Examiner appears to be determined to bolster its already notable conservative pedigree….
MRC Attack on Pelosi Countered by the Truth
The Media Research Center tried to gin up some controversy last week by making a big deal out of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement that Iranians “decided in Basra when the fighting…
Will Newsmax, WND Tell Full Story of Baseless Obama Rumors?
Both Newsmax and WorldNetDaily have reported on rumors of the purported existence of a video of Michelle Obama using a, in WND’s words, “derogatory term for white people … and went further…
WND’s Baseless Conspiratorial Speculation
A June 7 WorldNetDaily article by Alyssa Farah engages in baseless speculation about whether a “secretive meeting” between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took place at “the secretive Bilderberg conference in Chantilly,…
Eyeblast: Macaca’s Revenge
The MRC’s macaca complex is even worse than we thought: they built an entire video-oriented website as a reaction. From an article in the May edition of the Watchdog, the MRC’s print…
Has Jerome Corsi Ever Actually Listened to the Decemberists?
WorldNetDaily blunders in late to the Obama-Decemberists party, in the form of a May 27 article by Jerome Corsi that begins: “A hip rock band that features the Soviet national anthem and…
WND Repeats False Attacks on Day of Silence
WorldNetDaily’s habit of repeating claims without bothering to verify them for accuracy frequently comes back to bite it (see Jones, Clark, and Sinclair, Larry). A May 19 WND article by Chelsea Schilling…
WND vs. Real Journalists, Part 2
Nowhere is the distinction between WorldNetDaily and real news organizations clearer when both cover the same story. A May 22 WND article by Jerome Corsi claimed that Barack Obama purportedly has “extensive ties…