HuffPost vs. the Tea Party: Introduction

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A Special Report by Huff-Watch, April 2010

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Since late 2009, The Huffington Post ("HuffPost") has been publishing a steady stream of news stories that:

• Accuse Tea Party leaders of inciting and tolerating hate speech, threats and calls for violence
  
  
• Accuse Tea Party leaders, and attendees of their events, of being "racist" and "anti-immigrant"

Tea Party leaders have not responded specifically to HuffPost's accusations, but they have issued blanket denials of similar ones.

Clearly, HuffPost and Tea Party leaders cannot both be telling the truth.

So where does the truth lie? This report contains the shocking facts that will enable you to decide for yourself.

Pop Quiz: Tea Party or HuffPost?

If someone told you that the management of one of these organizations --- the Tea Party, or HuffPost --- had committed the following acts, which one would you think they're talking about?

They've enabled and protected members who openly call for the murder of the President of the United States. Examples include claims (a) from one member, that he should be "put up against a wall and shot," and (b) from another member, that he should be "hanging from a light pole in front of the White House," and that someone should "cut off his f**king head." Regarding the latter member, they even allowed him to brag about getting interviewed in his home by the Secret Service for these and similar statements against its protectees.

They've enabled and protected members who openly use racial, sexual and religious slurs against political opponents.
Examples include claims that black Americans are suited for only one political party; that Senators and Representatives of a certain political party engage in homosexual conduct in the U.S. Capitol; and that a certain female political figure is "a whore," "a tramp," "a breeder," and "[skin color] trash."

In all the above cases, they've ejected non-violating members for daring to denounce, mock or complain about the "protected" members who engage in this type of vile conduct --- and worse.

They've published a variety of racially and culturally offensive articles.
Examples include (a) an item containing one picture --- of a black man --- under the headline, "The Laziest People Ever"; (b) another that claimed the world's worst fascist dictators "honestly thought were doing good things for their countries by suppressing blacks [and] eliminating Jews"; and (c) one that called the wife of a presidential nominee "a dick."

They've published articles that they knew, or should have known contained grievous falsehoods that could only serve to unfairly smear political opponents.

You're probably saying to yourself, "That sounds like the leaders of the Tea Party."

The reality is that all of the above acts were perpetrated by HuffPost's management.

[See "Pop Quiz: Tea Party or Huffington Post?" for links to source evidence on all the above instances, and more examples of actions by HuffPost's management.]

THE THREE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT

This special report contains the proof to substantiate three major findings:

1. FINDING 1: HuffPost has used false/misleading "news" reporting to unfairly smear and incite hatred of Tea Party leaders and event attendees.
   
   
2. FINDING 2: HuffPost's smearing of the Tea Party is part of its continuing pattern of smearing and unfairly inciting hatred against others --- namely (a) non-leftist individuals and organizations, (b) Israel and Jews, and (c) the U.S. military.
   
   
3. FINDING 3: HuffPost is far guiltier than Tea Party leaders of tolerating and protecting members who engage in hate speech and calls for violence.
   

The report concludes with:

• Our theory, and a forensic psychiatrist’s appraisal of HuffPost's motivation for its "racist" smear against the Tea Party
  
  
• Information on how to make your voice known to HuffPost management
  

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About Huffpost, and its claims of journalistic nonpartisanship --- vs. the reality

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Some conservatives and casual political observers say, "Oh, who even reads HuffPost, or believes anything it says?" and, "HuffPost is a blog --- not a 'news' operation!"

The facts, which many find both surprising and disturbing, are that:

• HuffPost is the #1 blog on Earth, is now one of America's top ten news sites, and was recently named "the most powerful blog in the world" by The Guardian (UK).
  
  
• At 13 million unique visitors per month, HuffPost has more online readers than the Washington Post (the publisher of which recently said her paper "could learn from" HuffPost).
  
  
• HuffPost has received preferential treatment in presidential press conferences, and has top members of Congress as official bloggers (article writers). It is also now a reportedly disgruntled member of the White House Correspondent's Association.
  
  
• Inc. magazine recently claimed: "HuffPost... consistently breaks important news stories..."
  
  
• HuffPost has attracted advertising from many of the biggest corporations in the world.
  

Given these facts, regardless of how one feels about it:

• HuffPost has become a powerful, influential part of both the "news" media and the political blogosphere
  
  
• The types of inflammatory accusations HuffPost has made against the Tea Party movement, framed in the context of "news" stories (as opposed to opinion pieces), are going to have an impact --- especially as "mainstream" news media outlets pick up on its "reporting"

HuffPost's claims of nonpartisan news reporting --- vs the reality

Upon HuffPost's debut in May 2005, Arianna Huffington, its Editor in Chief, claimed that her site would adhere to a higher standard of political discourse than rivals:

"If you're looking for the usual flame-throwing, name-calling, and simplistic attack dog rhetoric ... don't bother coming to the Huffington Post." [...]

In February 2010, she scolded Roger Ailes and Fox News Channel for what she claimed is their incitement of hate... and urged them to adopt a HuffPost-like approach:

"[At HuffPost] there are guidelines that have to be followed -- and they include a prohibition on conspiracy theories or inflammatory claims..."

[... unlike Glenn] Beck [who] preys on fear, political instability, and economic suffering, which, in turn, means that Fox News profits from fear, political instability, and economic suffering."

In between these two statements lies a long list of other claims by Ms. Huffington, asserting that HuffPost is a “nonpartisan” source of "news, "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news,” that seeks “to debunk the left-right way of thinking,” and whose purpose is “to ferret out the truth, consequences be damned.”

The reality is that instead of upholding these high-sounding principles, HuffPost has consistently acted in violation of them, primarily regarding its "news coverage" of:

• Tea Party leaders, attendees of its events, and anyone who dares to dissent from the Obama-Democrat-radical leftist agenda (Section 1)
  
  
• Non-leftist individuals and organizations in general (Section 2a)
  
  
• Israel and Jews (Section 2b)
  
  
• The U.S. military (Section 2c)
  

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FINDING 1: HuffPost has used false/misleading "news" reporting to unfairly smear and incite hatred of Tea Party leaders and event attendees

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HuffPost vs. the Tea Party: Introduction

FINDING 1: HuffPost has used false/misleading "news" reporting to unfairly smear and incite hatred of Tea Party leaders and event attendees

FINDING 2: HuffPost's smearing of the Tea Party is part of its continuing pattern of smearing and unfairly inciting hatred against others

FINDING 3: HuffPost is far guiltier than Tea Party leaders of tolerating and protecting members who engage in hate speech and calls for violence

CONCLUSION: A theory on HuffPost's motivation for its "racist" smear against the Tea Party; how to make your voice known


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