Terry Krepel
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Terry Krepel has worked for newspapers for more than 17 years as a reporter, designer, and editor. He is the founder and editor of ConWebWatch, which monitors conservative news websites. Krepel holds a master's degree in multimedia journalism from Arkansas Tech University and is a Senior Editor at Media Matters for America.

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Accuracy in Media Fights 'Bigotry' With ... A White Supremacist

(4) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 6:21 PM

During a May 4 appearance on Fox News, liberal commentator Jehmu Greene referred to her conservative counterpart on the Fox panel, Tucker Carlson, as a "bow-tying white boy." Despite the factual accuracy of Greene's description -- Carlson is indeed a white male, and wearing a bow tie was...

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Brent Bozell Tries to Enlist Congress in His Vendetta Against NBC

(12) Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 11:57 AM

Brent Bozell must have been looking for a new cause. After all, the "I Stand With Rush" website his Media Research Center created to support Rush Limbaugh in the wake of the fallout of his three-day denigration of Sandra Fluke fizzled after a week, when the

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Brent Bozell's Profile in Cowardice on Rush Limbaugh

(21) Comments | Posted March 14, 2012 | 4:59 PM

The Media Research Center has long been in the tank for Rush Limbaugh, defending him and giving him a pass on his behavior, no matter how offensive. For instance:

  • The MRC defended Limbaugh regarding his failed bid to be part of an investor group that wants to buy...
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Birther Bribery: Is WorldNetDaily Trying to Influence Joe Arpaio?

(17) Comments | Posted February 28, 2012 | 11:25 AM

On Aug. 17, 2011, WorldNetDaily's Jerome Corsi gave an hour-long-plus birther presentation to a tea party group in Surprise, Arizona. Corsi rehashed his usual evidence that President Obama's birth certificate is a forgery and promoted his conspiracy that Donald Trump was secretly working for Obama, and...

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Newsmax Promoted Trump, But Was Cut Out of the Loop On Trump's Endorsement

(3) Comments | Posted February 12, 2012 | 8:44 PM

Right-wing website Newsmax has done a lot of fawning over Donald Trump over the past year. Not only did Newsmax lead the way in promoting Trump's presidential ambitions, it was even willing to sponsor a Republican presidential debate with Trump as the moderator, which ultimately imploded...

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Tim Groseclose's Theory of Liberal Media Bias Remains Shaky

(4) Comments | Posted October 28, 2011 | 11:03 AM

Back in 2005, Tim Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo -- who have a history of receiving grants and fellowships from various conservative foundations -- published an article in the Quarterly Journal of Economics that claimed to demonstrate "a strong liberal bias" in all news outlets it examined except for...

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The Media Research Center's Transgender Freakout

(0) Comments | Posted October 3, 2011 | 10:30 AM

The right-wing Media Research Center has amply demonstrated its anti-gay agenda, objecting to any depiction of gays in the media if they aren't denigrated in the process. If there's anything that would skeeve out the MRC more than gays, it would be transgendered people.

And so, right on...

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The Perils of Trusting WorldNetDaily

(4) Comments | Posted August 9, 2011 | 3:00 PM

Last week, actual journalist Rachel Maddow learned the hard way what happens when you trust the "journalism" published by WorldNetDaily. It began on the August 4 edition of her show, during a segment about how birthers view President Obama's 50th birthday, when Maddow played a clip of Rush...

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WorldNetDaily's Natural Born Misleaders

(31) Comments | Posted May 20, 2011 | 11:10 AM

With President Obama's release of his long-form birth certificate, WorldNetDaily lost one of the biggest cudgels it has used against the president.

While WND editor Joseph Farah was quick to hog the credit for the certificate's release -- asserting in a May 5 column that "a cursory review...

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Newsmax Gets Trumped

(1) Comments | Posted May 10, 2011 | 12:54 PM

Donald Trump may have a lot of money, but it can't buy him what he needs to make him a credible Republican presidential candidate.

Fortunately for him, Newsmax has been more than willing to provide that. It has been an early and enthusiastic promoter of Trump's presidential ambitions, and a...

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Newsmax Gives Money, Fawning Coverage To Another Florida Politician

(1) Comments | Posted March 23, 2011 | 2:50 PM

The headline of Jim Meyers' March 4 Newsmax article reads, "Haridopolos Sets Record Straight on Book Controversy." In fact, all Meyers does is give Florida State Senate President Mike Haridopolos the opportunity to spin away a growing scandal.

Unmentioned completely is the fundraising Newsmax CEO Christopher...

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Right-Wing Media Shrugs at Idea of Reporting That Jared Loughner Read Ayn Rand

(143) Comments | Posted January 15, 2011 | 9:55 PM

When news came that an assailant opened fire on an event being held by Democratic Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a grocery store in Tuscon, critically wounding the congresswoman and killing six others, the ConWeb sprung into action to figure out ways to prove the alleged shooter -- identified at...

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Manufactured Outrage Over Smithsonian Art Exhibit

(37) Comments | Posted December 1, 2010 | 12:27 AM

The third time's a charm for CNSNews.com reporter and erstwhile museum critic Penny Starr.

In March, Starr complained that a Smithsonian exhibit asking "What Does It Mean to Be Human?" lacked "references to God, creationism, or pre-natal existence." In June, Starr was annoyed that...

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Right-Wing Media Cling to Discredited Number for Obama's Asia Trip Cost

(6) Comments | Posted November 18, 2010 | 11:08 PM

WorldNetDaily has demonstrated over and over again that facts are irrelevant when it comes to reporting on President Obama and his administration -- the president must be attacked and belittled, however untrue those attacks are.

That desperateness to smear Obama contrary to...

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Newsmax Flip-Flops, Backs Candidate It Once Denounced

(4) Comments | Posted November 12, 2010 | 12:03 PM

Earlier this year, Newsmax took sides in a big way in the Republican primary for Florida governor.

As I detailed, Newsmax not only endorsed Bill McCollum over Rick Scott, its news coverage was heavily skewed in favor of McCollum and against Scott, repeatedly pointing out that Scott, while...

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The Question to Ask About Art Robinson's Love of Racist Novels

(18) Comments | Posted October 28, 2010 | 11:10 AM

Last week brought a full-court press from the right-wingers at WorldNetDaily in support of Art Robinson, a Republican candidate for Congress in Oregon running against incumbent Democrat Peter DeFazio:

  • David Kupelian wrote that Robinson is a "Ph.D. research scientist of international stature" and "a straight-shooting, problem-solving Reagan conservative...
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WorldNetDaily Condones Child Abuse -- Again

(0) Comments | Posted October 23, 2010 | 11:59 PM

It seems that WorldNetDaily is incapable of honestly dealing with allegations of child abuse when one of its pet issues is involved. This sad lesson was demonstrated once again in a custody case in which WND all but ignored child abuse allegation in the service of advancing its political agenda.

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Pat Boone, Obama-Hater

(20) Comments | Posted October 18, 2010 | 9:17 PM

Who knew that such a squeaky-clean icon could get so down and dirty?

Pat Boone, the clean-cut entertainer with the safe-as-milk reputation, has always been conservative; the Wikipedia article on him notes that he actively supported Ronald Reagan's races for California governor in the 1960s. But the past few years...

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Tell the Truth! (But Not When It Hurts Brent Bozell's Agenda)

(1) Comments | Posted October 10, 2010 | 11:27 PM

When the Media Research Center launched a "Tell the Truth!" campaign in 2004, I pointed out that the MRC has never been particularly interested in "truth," it benefits conservatives and hurts liberals. What the MRC really wants is spin -- conservative spin.

Fast-forward six years, and the same...

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A Laughable, Error-Ridden 'Case for Impeachment'

(25) Comments | Posted October 4, 2010 | 11:45 PM

Floyd Brown, head of the Western Journalism Center, has been agitating for President Obama's impeachment for nearly a year, and WorldNetDaily has helped him agitate.

An Oct. 9, 2009, WND article by Bob Unruh touted Brown -- whom he fawningly described as a "political activist who...

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