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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.

Blog Entries by Terry Krepel

Conservative Newspapers Don't Make Money

(10) Comments | Posted April 22, 2013 | 1:34 PM

Media Research Center chief Brent Bozell dedicated a recent column to complaining about criticism of "super-wealthy conservative bidders" for the Tribune Co. newspapers, particularly the Los Angeles Times:

The hilarious kickoff came when two leftist collectives -- the Daily Kos website and the California-based Courage Campaign Institute --...
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Accuracy In Media Honors Inaccuracy In Media

(0) Comments | Posted March 13, 2013 | 3:35 PM

According to right-wing media watchdog Accuracy in Media, "The Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award was established in 2005 to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the practice of journalism in the tradition of Reed Irvine by independently covering and reporting on news that was misreported or ignored...

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How Obama-Hate Destroyed WorldNetDaily

(19) Comments | Posted November 20, 2012 | 11:39 AM

For the past four-plus years, WorldNetDaily has dedicated itself to the personal destruction of Barack Obama.

It failed to stop Obama's election in 2008 -- despite such stunts as trying to link him to Hamas and Jerome Corsi traveling to Kenya to bring back some fraudulent...

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Even Birthers Don't Believe Jerome Corsi Anymore

(31) Comments | Posted October 24, 2012 | 9:42 AM

WorldNetDaily's Jerome Corsi has managed to pull off what was once thought impossible -- writing a story that even birthers refuse to believe.

In an Oct. 9 WND article, Corsi claimed that "Arabic-language and Islamic experts" think that "the ring Obama has been wearing for more than 30...

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Welcome to Jerome Corsi's Cesspool

(23) Comments | Posted October 1, 2012 | 2:55 PM

It's rough being Jerome Corsi these days.

WorldNetDaily's star reporter has spent the past four years peddling various birther conspiracies, desperately trying to prove that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. That work culminated with taking part in a successful effort to manipulate Arizona sheriff...

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Joseph Farah's Pack of Lies

(2) Comments | Posted September 10, 2012 | 6:03 PM

What does it say about the credibility of a "news" organization when its leader has been caught in lie after lie?

That's the situation WorldNetDaily finds itself. Its founder and editor, Joseph Farah, has been using his weekday column to push lie after lie about President Obama and his administration....

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The Media Research Center's Brent Bozell Problem

(28) Comments | Posted July 12, 2012 | 7:03 PM

Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell has always been an angry man prone to ranting and spewing bile. For instance:

  • At the end of the Clinton presidency, he hosted a insult-laden-$125-a-plate dinner to mark the end of the administration. "It's our way of celebrating the fumigation of Washington,"...
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Brent Bozell Tries to Create a Catholic Controversy... Then Throws Jews Under the Bus

(5) Comments | Posted June 5, 2012 | 3:13 PM

For Brent Bozell and his Media Research Center, 2012 has been a year of failures in right-wing activism.

First came Bozell's attempt to distract from Rush Limbaugh's three-day tirade of misogyny against Sandra Fluke -- inspired by MRC employee Craig Bannister -- by pointing the finger at controversial...

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

(5) 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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