User talk:MalibuTeach

Many times we are lead to believe that the postings on Craigslist.org and other public formats are coming from real people who represent the views of ordinary people. Many times this is not the case. There are a large number of posts that are posted all over public sites by individuals on a corporate pay roll to give the impression that there is a stronger right wing slant among the public then there really is. For example NewsMax.com employs individuals to post strongly right wing posts to create a felling of isolation among those who oppose the Bush policies in Iraq. One of the most dangerous objectives of NewsMax.com is that it fans the flames of racist sentiment towards certain minority groups, Latinos and Muslims in particular and, by posing as members of the general public gives the impression that their racist ideas are mainstream and well supported. This right wing tabloid is well funded by billionaires such as extreme right wing financier Richard Mellon Scaife who launched several well funded misinformation campaigns in the 90’s including attacks on the Clinton administration http://www.thehuntingofthepresident.com/. NewsMax.com is beyond corrupt in what it misrepresents; it is outright dangerous because of its agenda to ferment racist hatred and represent it as coming from the American people. Some examples: From ConWebWatch. Some may believe that the journalistic integrity of NewsMax.com is highly dubious, including attempts to hold news media outlets to higher standards when they fail to follow the same standard, ConWebWatch wrote in 2002. [2] NewsMax.com sends out a newsletter on a frequent basis to subscribers, but the newsletters frequently comprise solely of an advertisement instead of any news, with subjects like: •	Ready to Make A Lot of Money? •	Revolutionary System Detects Market Panic •	Secrets of Republican Millionaires Revealed •	Templeton: Housing Bust Is Coming •	Urgent: Trillions of Dollars to Leave Stock Market •	The Next Home Run Stocks •	Do You Make These Mistakes with Women? etc. When it comes to NewsMax.com corruption:

So corrupt it's the poster boy for a journalistic RICO statute. Proof? Let's take a quick tour of the ConWebWatch archives: •	It distorts reality by running only negative news about its political enemies and avoiding bad news about its political friends. •	it spent a lot of time misrepresenting Judicial Watch press releases as NewsMax stories. •	NewsMax CEO Christopher Ruddy presented tabloid rumors as fact in stating the Clintons were selling their house in New York. Today, long after the story can be calling nothing but false, it remains on NewsMax, and it has never published a correction or apology. (Even the New York Times issued a clarification of its Kissinger article. When was the last time you saw NewsMax correct anything?) •	NewsMax tried to distort reality even more than usual immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks by ham-handedly denouncing anything that could be remotely construed as criticism of President Bush with terms starting with "anti-Americanism" and going all the way to "treason."

DON’T BE FOOLED, MANY OF THE ULTRA-RIGHT WING POSTS ARE BEING PUT UP BY PROFESSIONAL PROPAGANDISTS ON THE NEWSMAX PAYROLL!

Some insightful websites on the matter!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsMax

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NewsMax.com

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2002/nmcorrupt.html

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2002/nmstock.html

Not only have I seen numerious posts citing NewsMax as a source but I have recieved emails such as "Shelby Cochran"  trying to Intimidate me when it came to posts that oppose the war in Iraq or with Iran.