Media Matters - Jerome Corsi

Media Matters - Jerome Corsi http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jerome_corsi This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jerome Corsi en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Even WND disputes Corsi's phony Obama birth certificate claim http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260014 WorldNetDaily.com, for which Jerome Corsi, author of the debunked and discredited book The Obama Nation, works as a staff reporter, has now taken on the claim that its own writer has been promoting, and determined for itself to be false -- that the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama "has a false, fake birth certificate posted on their website." WorldNetDaily reported that a "WND investigation into Obama's birth certificate utilizing forgery experts ... found the document to be authentic." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260014 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:47:37 EST Corsi's reported cancellation of scheduled appearance on "pro-White" radio show leaves unanswered questions http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180001 Obama Nation author Jerome Corsi's reported cancellation of a scheduled appearance on the "pro-White" radio show Political Cesspool because of a change in "travel plans" raises questions, including why he has previously appeared on the "pro-White" radio show, why he was scheduled to appear again, whether he intends to reschedule, and whether he is willing to publicly condemn the show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180001 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:26:59 EST Corsi: Critics of Obama might be "put ... in jail" if he's president http://mediamatters.org/items/200808160001 On C-SPAN, Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation, asserted that, if Sen. Barack Obama were elected president and someone were to write a book critical of him or to publish "a cartoon like The New Yorker," "Obama might just have to create a department of hate crimes and put them in jail." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808160001 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:26:49 EST WorldNetDaily founder refers to "attempted media lynching of Jerry Corsi" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150011 WorldNetDaily.com founder Joseph Farah asserted that Jerome Corsi was the target of an "attempted media lynching" for his book The Obama Nation and urged readers who were "angry" about it to "[b]uy extra copies of his book and distribute them to your friends." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150011 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:59:06 EST Corsi's previous appearance on "pro-White" radio show was streamed live on "White Nationalist" Stormfront.org http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150009 Jerome Corsi's appearance on the July 20 edition of The Political Cesspool Radio Show -- during which he promoted The Obama Nation and criticized Sen. Barack Obama -- was streamed "Live" on the self-described "White Nationalist" and "White Pride" website Stormfront.org. Prior to Corsi's appearance on the July 20 broadcast, host James Edwards claimed that "most Jews ... regard[] Jews and whites as two different races," and co-host Winston Smith repeatedly referred to Obama as a "mulatto." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150009 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:14 EST Corsi appeared on show hosted by "9/11 Truth Movement" leader, who said having non-American parents should be disqualification for president http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150003 Appearing on the syndicated radio show of Alex Jones -- who claims to be "considered by many to be the grandfather of what has come to be known as the 9/11 Truth Movement" -- Jerome Corsi baselessly claimed that as a child, "Obama got Islamic instruction, and it wasn't mainstream Islamic instruction." Jones asserted that "we should not have anybody as president who -- both their parents aren't Americans," saying "this allows infiltration," later saying of Obama: "He is a ringer, folks. He's meant to take a dive for John McCain. So this is nonpartisan. The facts are in. He will be destroyed in this election." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150003 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:23:13 EST Corsi's claim that Obama posted "false, fake birth certificate" flatly rejected by Hawaii Health Department http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150001 On Fox News, Obama Nation author Jerome Corsi claimed that the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama "has a false, fake birth certificate posted on their website." In fact, the Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed that the birth certificate posted online by the Obama campaign is "a valid Hawaii state birth certificate" and has called speculation about Obama's citizenship "pretty ridiculous." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150001 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:26:58 EST Weekly Standard's Hayes notes "significant problems" with Corsi book, but promotes problematic Freddoso book http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140006 On CNN, The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes said that Jerome Corsi's falsehood-laden book The Obama Nation "certainly sounds like it has some significant problems with it." Later, speaking about National Review writer David Freddoso, author of The Case Against Barack Obama, Hayes said, "[H]e's a serious reporter, and he's ... gone back, he's looked at Obama's votes in the Illinois state Senate." But Media Matters has documented numerous examples of misinformation in Freddoso's book, as well as in Corsi's. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140006 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:12:01 EST Despite "all my apologies" for bigoted comments, Corsi reportedly scheduled to appear on "pro-White" radio show http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140003 Despite stating that he had apologized for what was described as a "series of bigoted and hateful posts," Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation, is scheduled to appear with host James Edwards on the August 17 edition of The Political Cesspool Radio Show, which, according to its "Statement of Principles," "represent[s] a philosophy that is pro-White." In a blog post, Edwards has stated that "[i]nterracial sex is white genocide." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140003 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:39 EST On Hannity & Colmes, Corsi still compounding book falsehoods with further falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130007 On Hannity & Colmes, Jerome Corsi claimed that the "whole point" of his book The Obama Nation is that the assertion by Sen. Barack Obama that he stopped using illegal drugs when he went to college is "not reliable." But Corsi does not make that point in his book; rather, Corsi falsely asserted that Obama "has yet to answer questions" about his drug use. Sean Hannity asked Corsi, "[D]o we know if he ever sold drugs[?]" -- though Hannity has previously asserted that such a question was a manifestation of "politics of personal destruction." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130007 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:55:14 EST Confronted by Brewer over falsehood, Corsi responds with two more http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060006 After being confronted by MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on his book's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama did not dedicate his own book to his mother and grandparents, Jerome Corsi responded with two more falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060006 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:52:52 EST On Fox & Friends, Corsi contradicted his own book with another false claim http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050010 In The Obama Nation, Jerome Corsi writes that Sen. Barack Obama "has yet to answer" the question of whether "he stopped using marijuana and cocaine completely in college." But on Fox & Friends, Jerome Corsi contradicted that assertion, stating that Obama "fully admitted his drug use, both marijuana and cocaine. He says it continued through college." In fact, both of Corsi's allegations are false; Obama wrote in his memoir that he "stopped getting high" shortly after moving to New York City to attend Columbia University as an undergraduate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050010 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:49:48 EST Citing Media Matters report on Obama Nation falsehoods, MSNBC's Brewer asked Corsi: "[W]hy should we give you the credibility?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050004 While interviewing Jerome Corsi, author of the recently released book The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer cited a Media Matters report detailing what she said were "some eight, nine, 10 pages of factual errors" in the book, and asked Corsi: "[I]f they are finding one, then why do you get credibility for the book?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050004 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:37:29 EST Unfit for Publication: Corsi's The Obama Nation filled with falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040005 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. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040005 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:22:53 EST On three Hannity programs, Corsi offered another falsehood: Obama supports abortion "[a]fter a child's born" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808020004 Jerome Corsi, author of the book, The Obama Nation, falsely claimed on Hannity's America that Sen. Barack Obama said, "Even if a child was born ... the woman still had the right to kill the child in an abortion." Corsi similarly falsely asserted on Hannity & Colmes that "[a]fter a child's born, Obama ... in the [Illinois] state Senate, wanted the child killed if the mother desired an abortion," and on Sean Hannity's radio program, said that "Obama's on record as let's kill the baby if that's what the mother wants." In fact, Obama has never supported giving people the right to kill their children. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808020004 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:12:46 EST