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Rise & Fall of The Washington Times: The Ex-Nazis, Cocaine Smugglers & Cultists Who Created a Right-Wing Propaganda Organ, And Brought It Crashing Down

Robert Parry, Consortium News. May 6, 2010.

For 28 years, the Washington Times has sent disinformation slithering through the U.S. political system, befouling our democracy. Those days might be over.

Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Groups Are Polluting the Health Care Debate

Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050. December 9, 2009.

Many nativist advocacy groups are twisting the facts about immigrants' access to health care.

The Money Behind Moon's Washington Times

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. December 2, 2009.

Where did all the money come from to keep the money-losing Moonie paper afloat all these years?

Birther Ad Claims Obama Is British 'Usurper'

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 1, 2009.

Wha?

Yet More Mind-Bending Racism From the Right-Wing Media

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 18, 2009.

This time it's Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden. And it's pretty shocking.

How Right-Wing Cult Leader Sun Myung Moon Bought Washington

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. November 13, 2009.

With money, media and promotion of a conservative political agenda, a self-styled Messiah and convicted felon became a frequent guest at the White House.

The Washington Post's Continuing Death Spiral

Robert Dreyfuss, TheNation.com. August 25, 2009.

When it comes to international reporting, the Post has hit a new low.

Reporters Without Borders Condemns Jailing of Journalists in Iran

Oliver Luft, The Guardian. June 26, 2009.

Some 40 journalists have been arrested since 12 June, including the entire staff of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's newspaper.

President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

Obama may keep the company on the government payroll months after its Iraq contract expires. Not bad for a firm supposedly going down in flames.

Delusional Dick: Cheney Says Bush Will Be Popular in 30 Years

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. December 18, 2008.

"I’m personally persuaded that this president and this administration will look very good 20 or 30 years ... "

Jon Voight: Yet Another Persecuted Hollywood Conservative

Thers, Whiskey Fire. August 1, 2008.

Jon Voight "is a gin-soaked elderly grouchy right-wing lunatic. Fair enough. I bear no grudges."

FBI Investigates Alleged White Supremacist Death Threats From Former Washington Times Writer

Bruce Wilson, June 21, 2007.

Bruce Wilson: His Friend, The WA Times Editor's Wife, Compared Immigrants To "Filthy Orc Hordes"