MediaMatters Exposes Smear: "Unfit for Publication: Corsi's The ObamaNation filled with falsehoods"

[jefferson_dem]

Unfit for Publication: Corsi's The Obama Nation filled with falsehoods

Summary: In its preface, Jerome Corsi compares his new book, The Obama Nation, to his 2004 book Unfit for Command. The comparison seems apt: Just as Unfit for Command contains false attacks on Sen. John Kerry's military service, a Media Matters review finds that The Obama Nation similarly contains numerous falsehoods about Sen. Barack Obama.

In the preface of his recently released book, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, author Jerome Corsi writes: "My intent in writing this book, as was the case in coauthoring Unfit for Command, is to fully document all arguments and contentions I make, extensively footnoting all references, so readers can determine for themselves the truth and validity of the factual claims." Indeed, Corsi's comparison of the two books seems quite apt: Just as Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry contains false and baseless attacks on Sen. John Kerry's military service, a Media Matters for America review finds that Obama Nation similarly contains numerous falsehoods about Sen. Barack Obama.

Media Matters previously documented false and baseless charges Corsi made in Obama Nation about Obama's positions on the Global Poverty Act of 2007 and nuclear weapons. Media Matters also pointed out false statements Corsi made while discussing the book with Fox News host Sean Hannity, concerning Obama's position on abortion and Obama's memoir Dreams From My Father (Crown, 1995).

Below are additional falsehoods from Obama Nation, listed in the order in which they appear in the book:

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040005

[jaxx]

1. Good find.

The pubs are using this book as gospel just like they did before. This time we're ready for them.

[democracy1st]

2. thanks i'll give it to repug friends before i knock their butt out

[jmowreader]

3. FOOTNOTING?!?!?!?!

Come on. Ann Coulter footnotes her books to death too, and we've repeatedly found the footnotes are even more wrong than the text.

Just because something's footnoted doesn't mean it's right. Especially if it's from Jerome "Not So Swift" Corsi.

Come on. Why can't they turn these right-wing piece-of-shit books into insulation BEFORE they print on them?