Media Matters: Media denounce Corsi's anti-Obama book

[highplainsdem]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150015?f=h_popular

Fri, Aug 15, 2008 9:00pm ET

Media denounce Corsi's anti-Obama book

Summary: Many in the media are challenging Jerome Corsi's The Obama Nation, noting its numerous falsehoods and its author's track record. Their reaction stands in stark contrast to coverage of Corsi's 2004 book, Unfit for Command. The media were sharply criticized for taking too long to challenge that book's numerous smears and falsehoods.

While the recent anti-Obama book by Jerome Corsi, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (Threshold Editions), will debut atop the New York Times bestseller list, many in the media are challenging the book, noting its numerous falsehoods as well as its author's track record, which includes a slew of bigoted posts on the conservative website Free Republic and co-authorship of a discredited book attacking Sen. John Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign. The media's reaction to The Obama Nation stands in stark contrast to coverage of that 2004 book, Unfit for Command. As Media Matters for America has noted, the media were sharply criticized for taking too long to challenge Unfit's numerous smears and falsehoods.

In an August 15 article in Editor & Publisher, Greg Mitchell noted the contrast in the media's reaction to the two books:

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Much more at the link. Great read.

[yardwork]

1. I heard that Jerome Corsi is being investigated for beating his wife.

[jefferson_dem]

2. You mean his wife who is also his cousin, right?

Dirty little secret.

[yardwork]

3. That ended Jerry Lee Lewis's career, and he was a lot bigger than Corsi.

Just sayin.

[Kber]

5. Didn't I read somewhere she was actually his sister?

Pretty sure it's on the internets somewhere.

[yardwork]

8. Right here. Well documented. See link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6642769&mesg_id=6642769

[Kber]

13. OMG - here too!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6641256#6641571

That's two sources! Must be true.

No smoke without fire and all that.

[yardwork]

14. I've seen enough. I'm convinced. Let the doubting thomases hold out for a little while.

I'm sure that it will be all over the internets by morning. In fact, it's all over now.

[vaberella]

9. His sister?! Dear God!! Corsi shocks me. n/t

[yardwork]

11. AND she's a transvestite prostitute now.

[jefferson_dem]

15. Well...technically she's both his cousin and his sister...

since shitbag Jerome's mom and dad are brother/sister.

[Kber]

17. Damn! If you apply logic like that, it all makes perfect sense!

Why hasn't CNN picked this up yet?

[blondeatlast]

20. Why hasn't he publicly denied it or provided proof to debunk it once and for all?

He's got a dirty little secret and he's made himself a public figure, so all's fair, and the media just loves scandal!

[blondeatlast]

18. I thought it was his sister. She does have Corsi as a maiden name; I don't think Corsi is a common

surname.

[Occam Bandage]

4. It's pretty awful. Who would support a drug-addict wife-beater?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

6. OMG!! Is he a hardcore junkie pedophile like Rush??!?1

THIS IS HUGH!!11!! OMG!!11!!1!ELEVENTY

[yardwork]

7. Jerome Corsi is a necrophilic, pedophile.

It pains me to say it, but I've heard its true.

[vaberella]

10. Rush Limbaugh is a pedophile? Oy. n/t

[yardwork]

12. Limbaugh is a hardcore junkie pedophile. Everyone knows that.

It's all over the internets. How much longer can they keep it quiet?

[highplainsdem]

16. kick

[creeksneakers2]

19. This is an exciting change

The media was always so reluctant to stand up to right wing lies. Something changed this time. Maybe lots of E-mails and complaints.

[blondeatlast]

21. More like getting pwned by the likes of blogs like Democratic Underground. nt

[blm]

22. Media was not RELUCTANT to refute the swifts, they were COMPLICIT with them and Rove to protect Bush

and target Kerry because corporate media NEEDED Bush protected for the favorable rulings they expected from a Bush second term. They knew Kerry would NOT allow any loosening of ownership rules. The corporate media and their mouthpieces did exactly what their fascists masters wanted.



Kerry Seeks to Reverse FCC's "Wrongheaded Vote"

Commission Decision May Violate Laws Protecting Small Businesses; Kerry to File Resolution of Disapproval

Monday, June 2, 2003

WASHINGTON - Senator John Kerry today announced plans to file a "Resolution of Disapproval" as a means to overturn today's decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to raise media ownership caps and loosen various media cross-ownership rules.

Kerry will soon introduce the resolution seeking to reverse this action under the Congressional Review Act and Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act on the grounds that the decision may violate the laws intended to protect America's small businesses and allow them an opportunity to compete.

As Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerry expressed concern that the FCC's decision will hurt localism, reduce diversity, and will allow media monopolies to flourish. This raises significant concerns about the potential negative impacts the decision will have on small businesses and their ability to compete in today's media marketplace.

In a statement released earlier today regarding the FCC's decision, Kerry said:

"Nothing is more important in a democracy than public access to debates and information, which lift up our discourse and give Americans an opportunity to make honest informed choices. Today's wrongheaded vote by the Republican members of the FCC to loosen media ownership rules shows a dangerous indifference to the consolidation of power in the hands of a few large entities rather than promoting diversity and independence at the local level. The FCC should do more than rubber stamp the business plans of narrow economic interests.

"Today's vote is a complete dereliction of duty. The Commissioners are well aware that these rules greatly influence the competitive structure of the industry and protect the public's access to multiple sources of information and media. It is the Commission's responsibility to ensure that the rules serve our national goals of diversity, competition, and localism in media. With today's vote, they shirked that responsibility and have dismissed any serious discussion about the impact of media consolidation on our own democracy."