In a Sept. 15 Newsmax column, Ronald Kessler attacks Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who wants to build “a mosque two blocks from ground zero,” as a maker of “nonsensical, contradictory and arrogant…
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Ron Kessler’s False Equivalence
Ronald Kessler’s Sept. 7 Newsmax column presents the idea that Saddam Hussein wanted to develop nuclear weapons as some sort of recent revelation. Kessler proclaimed that the Iraq war “eliminated a nuclear…
More Logrolling From Kessler, Keene
Ronald Kessler shows once again how he earned that Robert Novak Journalist of the Year Award from the American Conservative Union earlier this year — by fluffing ACU chief David Keene. Kessler’s…
Ron Kessler’s Week in Obama-Bashing
Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler was a on an Obama-bashing tear this week. In his July 21 column, Kessler repeated a talking point he’s been trying to misleadlingly create for months, that “a growing…
Kessler’s Very Convenient CPAC Award From One Of His Favorite Sources
A Feb. 20 Newsmax article announced that Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler “was given the first Robert Novak Journalist of the Year Award on Friday at the 37th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)”:…
Kessler Ignores Facts to Defend Fox News
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…
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…