As a longtime buddy of the American Conservative Union’s David Keene and recipient of the ACU’s “Robert Novak Journalist of the Year Award,” it was inevitable that Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler would help…
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We Get Results: Kessler Writes About CPAC
A few days ago, we wondered when Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler would write about the controversies at the gay conservative group GOProud at CPAC, given that CPAC gave Kessler its inaugural “Robert Novak…
Kessler Keeps Quiet About CPAC Controversies
Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler is very tight with David Keene, head of the American Conservative Union, which operates the annual CPAC conference for conservatives. He has repeatedly interviewed Keene for his column and…
Kessler Shamelessly Plugs His Wife’s Book
Ronald Kessler’s Dec. 8 Newsmax column is nothing more than a shameless plug for his wife’s book. Kessler begins with an anecdote about the CIA Christmas party, then abruptly shifts into shill…
Kessler Serves Up Another Bush Fluffing
The release of former President Bush’s new book has given Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler a new reason to fluff his favorite president, a opportunity he has already taken advantage of. Apparently trying to…
Seems Like Old Times: Kessler Fluffs Bush Again
Ronald Kessler began his tenure at Newsmax by being one of the biggest Bush fluffers in the media, promoting his administration and explaining away his failures. Now that former President Bush ahs…
Kessler’s Favorite Push-Poller Complains About Supposedly Bogus Polls
Ronald Kessler’s Oct. 11 Newsmax column repeats unsubstantiated claims by pollster Gabriel Joseph of ccAdvertising that “pollsters find respondents are reluctant to identify themselves as Democrats” and that any poll sampling registered…
Kessler Tells Us Why We Shouldn’t Trust Blakeman’s Attacks
Ronald Kessler helpfully gives us a reason to distrust Brad Blakeman’s opinion at the very start of his Oct. 6 Newsmax column: No one would mistake Brad Blakeman for a Democrat. He…
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)”:…