Contemporary Disinformation Campaigns

Debunking Disinformation: "The Fundamental Transformation of America"

This propaganda email surfaced years ago and is apparently circulating again through the Conservative Disinformation Network.  Fortunately, Open Salon blogger Robert Kelley took the time to refute specific allegations, as seeded here.    The first allegation d …

Objective Articles on Frank Marshall Davis

Since 2008, the background of Frank Marshall Davis ("Frank" from Obama's "Dreams From My Father") has been severely misrepresented by propagandists seeking to implicate Barack Obama through guilt-by-association.  A disinformation campaign against the Davis-Obama re …

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Analysis by: Kathryn Waddell Takara, Ph.D.

Frank Marshall Davis: Black Labor Activist and Outsider Journalist: Social Movements in Hawai`i   by: Kathryn Waddell Takara, Ph.D.       Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987), was a journalist, labor activist, poet, ex-patriate, and resident of Hawaii for almost  …

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Birtherism's 10 Most Embarrassing Moments | Media Matters for America

Obama should have let the Birthers fester for a while longer. This was the perfect wedge issue to polarize the GOP.

The Nationalism Bias of Journalists

Glenn Greenwald's column reflects the difference between the ideological bias of the Conservative Disinformation Network (http://kaleokualoha2878577.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/09/5793761-the-conservative-disinformation-network-19-jan-11), and the nationalism bias of journalists w …

Journalism Code of Ethics

Glenn Greenwald's recent column regarding "The Nationalism Bias of Journalists" (http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/28/biases) reflects the difference between the ideological bias of the Conservative Disinformation Network, and the nationalism bias of jour …

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1950 "Frank-ly Speaking" (Honolulu Record Column)

The following was extracted from an online resource maintained by the University of Hawaii. This post, and the complementary post from 1949, comprise "evidence" of Frank Marshall Davis's socialist values according to critics such as Dr. Paul Kengor.

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1949: "Frank-ly Speaking" (Honolulu Record Column)

The following was extracted from an online resource maintained by the University of Hawaii. This post, and the complementary post from 1950, comprise "evidence" of Frank Marshall Davis's socialist values according to critics such as Dr. Paul Kengor.

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Torture and Disinformation

My most pressing concerns with the Obama administration are human rights (e.g., torture) and civil rights (e.g., unlawful surveillance). I personally feel that torture may be the most heinous offense possible against another individual, often worse than homicide.

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Frank Marshall Davis and Jim Crow

Although contemporary criticism of Frank Marshall Davis's CPUSA activity may have merit, it enjoys the advantage of hindsight. It is more reasonable to view the choices made by historical figures by historical standards.

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FBI File Disinformation

Here is more evidence of a right-wing disinformation campaign against Barack Obama: Cliff Kincaid's claim that the “FBI Admits Destroying File on Barack Obama’s Grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham”: (http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/dunham.pdf).

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Disinformation Against The Obama-Davis Relationship (10 April 2011)

BRIEF OUTLINE PART I: BACKGROUND A. CONSERVATIVE DISINFORMATION NETWORK B. VIRAL DISTRIBUTION C. MAINSTREAM MEDIA D. SCOPE OF ANALYSIS PART 2: THE 'SOCIALIST" CLAIM

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Paul Kengor's Disinformation

If you examine primary source evidence (e.g. Davis's own writings), you will find that he has been severely misrepresented by Dr. Kengor and others, such as AIM's Cliff Kincaid, in their revisionist "opposition research" reports.

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You Can Help

Every person of integrity will probably agree that slander and libel are wrong, especially when the target is a dead poet who cannot defend himself. Yet this is exactly what is happening.

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Closing the Circle (2009)

With the neutralization of Cliff Kincaid’s campaign to misrepresent Frank Marshall Davis’s “radical” influence on Barack Obama, and the auspicious inauguration of President Obama immediately after Martin Luther King Jr.

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Disinformation from Right-Wing Fantasyland

Even before Inauguration Day, it was painfully obvious that the Right-Wing Fantasyland seriously misrepresented Barack Obama.

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Disinformation from an "Honorable Man"

Cliff Kincaid and his colleagues have accused Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) of being a Stalinist, a lifetime member of the Communist Party, and “Obama’s Communist Mentor.” Kincaid heads “Accuracy In Media” (A.I.M.), an organization dedicated to & …

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Misrepresentation of the 1949 Honolulu NAACP Incident (19 Jan 2011)

Just as an effective cover story requires consistency, so too does an effective disinformation campaign. Trying to convince people that your target is an atheist Muslim probably won’t work, nor would trying to convince them that he is a gay womanizer.

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The Conservative Disinformation Network (13 March 2011)

THE CONSERVATIVE DISINFORMATION NETWORK (CDN) A. BACKGROUND 1. Modern Yellow Journalism: Since the decline of print media, yellow journalism has evolved into an Internet-based disinformation network. True to its origin, yellow journalism still challenges ethical journalists.

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Redbaiting Barack Obama (2008-2009)

Conservative opponents of Barack Obama face a dilemma. Some are determined to stop him by any means necessary, but most know that direct appeal to racial prejudice is unacceptable in the 21st century.

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Socialism and Barack Obama (6 Mar 11)

Just as Chicken Little started a "sky is falling" hysteria based on a falling acorn, so too are various critics pushing a "socialist" or "Marxist" Obama hysteria based on Obama's economic policies. Not only do they conveniently forget that the 2008 bailout was initiated by t …

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