Ronald Kessler uses his Oct. 28 Newsmax column to defend Fox News from criticism by the Obama administration, claiming: “If Obama and his aides actually watched Fox, they would see that its…
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Kessler Still Loves Waterboarding
Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler is still defending waterboarding, as he has several times before. From a Jan. 21 column: Aside from the legalities, the CIA does not believe outright torture produces reliable results…
Shocker: Kessler Defends — And Praises! — Obama
After his months-long smear campaign during the presidential race, the last thing we thought we’d see was Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler coming to Barack Obama’s defense — and even praising the guy. But…
Kessler Hides Background of Notorious Push-Poller
A Sept. 17 Newsmax column by Ronald Kessler begins: “Most polls may be overstating Barack Obama’s support by 5 to 10 percentage points because those surveyed may not be telling the truth…
Kessler’s Competitive Racism
It’s taken a while, but Ronald Kessler has finally figured out a way to work some of his trademark Bush administration fluffing into his attacks on Barack Obama: by claiming in his…
Kessler Still Hearts Waterboarding
The headline of a Dec. 10 Newsmax articles read, “Waterboarding Is Not Torture.” The former article cites; The latter article rehashes Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler’s claims that “Torture is normally defined as the…
Logrolling (And Whitewashing Waterboarding) In Our Time
An Oct. 31 Newsmax article by Ronald Kessler attacking Democrats for for making an issue of waterboarding in the confirmation of Michael Mukasey for attorney general quotes Robert Grenier, the former chief…
Kessler Still Uninterested in Freedom’s Watch Funding
A Sept. 7 NewsMax column by Ronald Kessler is his second promoting an ad campaign by the conservative pro-war group Freedom’s Watch. In it, he states that Freedom’s Watch “has more funding…
Kessler Not Interested In Freedom’s Watch Funding
An Aug. 23 NewsMax article by Ronald Kessler praises the creation of the conservative group Freedom’s Watch, which is “running $15 million in TV, radio, and Internet ads aimed at bolstering support…