Remember the “Newsmax 2012 Campaign Special,” which is nothing more than a half-hour promotion for Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign? Well, Newsmax is running it as an ad in Iowa. The New York…
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Ruddy’s Support of Gingrich Likely to Undermine Any Newsmax Debate
The major expressed issue that resulted in the implosion of the Newsmax/Donald Trump presidential debate was Trump own presidential ambitions. But there’s another issue that has largely been ignored: Newsmax seems to…
Newsmax Twists Clinton Comments To Portray Him As Opposing Obama
Is Bill Clinton perhaps regretting chumming up to Newsmax’s Christopher Ruddy, his former tormenter? We’ve documented the Ruddy-Clinton rapprochement when it began in 2007 (even though the rest of Newsmax was not…
Ruddy’s Ironic Criticism of Soros
Christopher Ruddy takes a surprisingly moderate view of George Soros in his Sept. 15 Newsmax column, declaring that “he’s neither evil nor completely liberal. He is, in my mind, a liberal partisan…
Flashback: How The ConWeb Covered 9/11
How did the ConWeb initially react to the events of Sept. 11, 2001? Pretty much the way you’d expect them too. Let’s take a look back: The bodies weren’t even cold yet…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Can’t Quite Give Up Middle East Dictators
In his Aug. 30 column, Newsmax editor Christopher Ruddy’s praise for moves to get rid of Middle Eastern dictators is weirdly tempered by their supposedly good side. Ruddy writes that while Egypt’s…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Declines Florida Senate Run
Remember how Mike Haridopolos was Newsmax chief Christopher Ruddy’s favorite candidate for a Florida Senate seat until his campaign kinda imploded last month? Well, Florida Republicans have been trolling for another candidate…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Defends Murdoch
Christopher Ruddy uses a July 12 Newsmax column to defend his former boss, Rupert Murdoch: This news hurricane currently overtaking the media should really be re-titled “Time to Beat Up on Rupert…
ConWeb Editor Smackdown on Medicare
CNSNews.com editor Terry Jeffrey mounted a major defense of Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed changes to Medicare in his May 18 column. Insisting that “Ryan’s Medicare reform plan is not radical change,” Jeffrey…
Newsmax’s Hirsen Ignores How His Employer Whitewashed Schwarzenegger Indiscretions
A May 23 Newsmax column by James Hirsen offers up an interesting explanation for why Arnold Schwarzenegger largely escaped scrutiny for his affairs and mistreatment of women: Body-building magazines that Schwarzenegger served…