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Another Right Wing Billionaire Plans Another Race-Baiting Smear Campaign

Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:23 am PDT

Booga boogaProving that right wing attack memes never die, they just get eternally recycled, another super-rich wingnut is funding a campaign to try to tie Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Yes, again. G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama. WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with ...

President Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Race-Baiting, Super PAC, Right Wing, smears

Dana Loesch Calls for an Investigation Into My Nefarious Scheme to Silence Her

Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:47 pm PDT

Tonight, Dana Loesch is calling for an investigation into my sinister plot to silence conservatives. [Insert evil laugh.] Some should check out Charles Johnson's blatant violation, abuse of TOS in effort to silence conservatives. He's trying hard to hide it! — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 2, 2012 Followed up, in the usual Loesch ...

Dana Loesch, Chris Loesch, Twitter, TwitterGulag, Fake Outrage, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, smears

Laughable 'Reverse Racism' Wingnut Argument of the Day

Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:27 am PDT

There's so much craziness today in the right wing blogosphere that I've just been marveling at it while I drink coffee. One jaw-dropping post after another. Where to start? OK, this is probably the most ludicrous of the bunch: Islamophobia, Too, at Media Matters. Yes, mini-Breitbart Joel Pollak is now accusing Media ...

Breitbart.com, Mini-Breitbarts, Joel Pollak, Idiocy, President Obama, Dana Loesch, smears, Anti-Muslim

In Which CNN Contributor Dana Loesch Falsely Accuses Me of Using a Racial Slur

Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:35 pm PDT

Here's a tale of a wingnut gotcha gone horribly wrong. One of the people I block on Twitter because his tweets are a never-ending cascade of derp is Blue Collar Todd, a far right religious fanatic who specializes in the "I'm rubber, you're glue" style of right-wing blogging, accusing left ...

Dana Loesch, Dan Riehl, CNN, smears, Right Wing, Fake Outrage

Barth's Notes: Andrew Breitbart Targets Charles Johnson in 'Turner Diaries' Smear

Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:50 am PST

British blogger Richard Bartholomew weighs in on Andrew Breitbart's attempt to spread blatantly dishonest smears about your humble narrator: Andrew Breitbart Targets Charles Johnson in Turner Diaries Smear. Coming in for special mention: the Duo of Dimmitude, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. This is an insult to the intelligence: Johnson’s Amazon store ...

Andrew Breitbart, Hate Speech, Serbian Genocide, Turner Diaries, Terrorism, Threats, Stalkers, Right Wing, smears

Andrew Breitbart and 'The Turner Diaries'

Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:50 am PST

This morning we have yet another sordid tale of right wing dishonesty and smear tactics -- and for once they're not attacking the black President. They're after me. And you won't believe the ridiculous nonsense they're circulating all over the right wing blogs and Twitter, with help from none other ...

Andrew Breitbart, Hate Speech, Serbian Genocide, Turner Diaries, Terrorism, Threats, Stalkers, Right Wing, smears

Quote of the Day

Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:42 pm PST

From the website of Deputy District Attorney John Patrick Frey (Hardcore Gang Division, LA County, Compton), aka Patterico: "we just chopped off Charles Johnson’s head and mounted it on a pike on our collective front lawn..." ("Metaphorically," of course.) UPDATE at 1/24/11 7:21:15 pm In addition to decapitating me, Deputy District ...

Right Wing, Bad Craziness, smears, Glenn Beck, Patterico, Liar, Dimmitude

Full Context: Glenn Beck's 'Shoot Them in the Head' Rant

Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:35 am PST

I'm glad to see that my reply to Patterico's incredibly dishonest post has gotten more than 650 retweets since I wrote it yesterday. Thanks to everyone who helped get it out there; these kinds of lies shouldn't be allowed to stand, especially when the intent is to defend something like ...

Right Wing, Bad Craziness, smears, Glenn Beck, Patterico, Liar, Dimmitude

When Lying Right Wing Hacks Attack (or, Patterico the Idiot)

Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:14 am PST

Here we see the unmitigated idiocy that passes for "debunking" in the right wing blogosphere these days, as wingnut hack Patterico attacks me for things I never wrote and do not believe: No, Charles Johnson, Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head. Patterico begins with ...

Right Wing, Bad Craziness, smears, Glenn Beck, Patterico, Liar, Dimmitude

Breitbart Throws O'Keefe Under the Bus

Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm PDT

James O'Keefe, alone in a friendless universe, abandoned even by Andrew Breitbart who profited the most from O'Keefe's "groundbreaking" work. Feel the pain of O'Keefe: O’Keefe Owes His Supporters an Explanation - Andrew Breitbart - Big Journalism. I proudly stood behind James O’Keefe on his groundbreaking ACORN investigation. I also ...

Acorn, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, Fraud, Right Wing, smears, Ethics

Just Another Sleazy Homophobic Smear

Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:08 am PDT

Plagiarist Ben Domenech, inexplicably published by CBS News despite being forced to resign in disgrace from the Washington Post in 2006, promptly turns in a sleazy post smearing possible Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan — and the Obama administration pushes back, hard: White House complains about CBS News blog post ...

Republican Party, GOP, Ben Domenech, Plagiarism, Homophobia, smears

Anatomy of a Wingnut Smear

Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:21 pm PDT

Glenn Reynolds links to this dishonest post today: Weasel Zippers: Charles Johnson ‘Fairly Sure’ the Tennesee State Flag is a Neo-Nazi Logo… In the post to which Reynolds links, “Weasel Zippers” took a screenshot of a comment I posted here at LGF, asking if a flag seen in a tea party ...

Right Wing, Instapundit, smears, Glenn Reynolds, Dishonesty

Mark Lloyd: 'I Am Not at the FCC to Restore the Fairness Doctrine '

Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:11 pm PST

Another target for the far right lately (led by Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, of course) has been FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd, and a few days ago he fired back at the smear campaign: FCC’S Lloyd Blames ‘Right-Wing Smear Machine’ for Distorting Views. He said, “Allow me to ...

Fairness Doctrine, FCC, Mark Lloyd, Right Wing, smears

Smear Merchant of the Day

Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:01 pm PST

Usually I just ignore this kind of nonsense, but sometimes the smears my admirers post on their blogs are so egregiously dishonest that they need to be pointed out. Today’s example is at “Weasel Zippers,” a raving anti-Muslim blog that stole its name from one of our random sayings that appear ...

Little Green Footballs, Climate Change, Global Warming, idiots, smears, busted

Robert Spencer Lies Again

Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:55 am PST

Anti-Muslim blogger Robert Spencer is at it again, with yet another rant about me, full of insults, vicious hatred, and completely dishonest claims: When libelblogger and CAIR tool Charles Johnson began to betray all his principles and sling wild false accusations at his former friends and associates, I knew it ...

Robert Spencer, Islam, Bigotry, Prejudice, Pamela Geller, Shrieking Harpy, Hate Speech, smears, Elizabeth May, Hezbollah

Van Jones' Statement

Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:45 am PDT

Here’s the statement released by Van Jones about his decision to resign from his “green jobs” position: White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism. “On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against ...

Van Jones, Barack Obama, Environmentalism, smears, Truthers

McCain Supporters Policing Their Own Camp

Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:49 pm PDT

A group of McCain supporters confronts another group of McCain supporters peddling the “Obama’s a Muslim” smear. Good for them. (Hat tip: Allah P.)

Election 2008, Barack Obama, Racism, Bigotry, smears