WorldNetDaily has a fantastic relationship with most radio talk-show hosts. From Rush Limbaugh to Michael Savage to Sean Hannity to local talkers across the country, talk radio has long relied on WND as a primary source for important news stories to discuss on the air.
 Michael Medved |
But there is one talker, Michael Medved, who for some reason makes it a regular practice of insulting, abusing and ridiculing WorldNetDaily, as well as me personally and my friend and colleague Jerome Corsi.
In fact, he does it so frequently, I need to clear the air here and set the record straight.
First of all, Medved’s syndicated radio show is the flagship of Salem Communications, which once tried to buy WND and whose stock is currently trading at around $0.50. Although I don’t personally listen to Medved, frequently WND readers fill me in on his latest vicious tirades against me, WND and Jerry Corsi.
Last week a caller confronted Medved on his attitude toward WND, which includes frequent misuse of our very name – “WorldNutDaily,” Medved calls it.
What is it specifically that has Medved’s breeches in a bunch?
There are three recurring topics:
- Medved says WND overdid it on Y2K coverage;
- Medved says WND is peddling conspiracy tales with its investigative coverage of globalist plans to integrate the U.S. with Canada and Mexico;
- Medved doesn’t like WND’s determined and continued coverage of the issue of Barack Obama’s constitutional eligibility for the presidency.
Fair enough. I can understand why some might disagree with my news judgment. I can even appreciate it if people see WND as a tad sensational at times. I can even accept that people might disagree with me on the issues of the day.
In fact, I don’t have a problem with any of that – as long as you spell my name right.
But Medved’s vicious name-calling and his incredible assertions that there are no conspiracies afoot anywhere in the world, and, following that logic, presumably never were in history, are absurd. If there is no such thing as a conspiracy, why are there federal laws against it?
Let’s get down to brass tacks:
- Y2K was nine years ago. Why is Y2K coverage in WND still an obsession with Michael Medved? This question is especially pointed given the fact Medved joined WND as a highly compensated weekly columnist in October 2001. Now if Medved were sincerely bent out of shape about WND’s Y2K coverage in 1999, why did he happily agree to join our columnist lineup in October 2001? Interestingly, it wasn’t until after February 2003, when WND let Medved go, that Medved began publicly and privately badmouthing WND.
- The move to integrate North America is no longer a matter of dispute. It’s a matter of fact, thanks to the reporting of WND and the New York Times best-selling book “The Late Great USA,” by Jerry Corsi. I have no doubts the movement toward hemispheric government is still alive, but it has been forced underground as a result of our work. The largest publisher in America, Simon & Schuster, recently purchased from WND Books paperback rights to “The Late Great USA” and published a new updated edition of the book. Interestingly, I have not heard Medved characterize Simon & Schuster as part of the conspiracy-mongering crowd. To his credit, neither did he criticize the New York Times for allowing the book on its best-sellers list.
- Perhaps Michael Medved doesn’t place the same value on the spirit and letter of the U.S. Constitution that I do. Perhaps he doesn’t think a candidate for president should be qualified by the standards of the Constitution. Or, perhaps he thinks it’s just a matter that we should drop after a decent interval of pursuit or once that candidate wins the campaign. Again, I disagree. I do so respectfully. Michael Medved does not.
Think about this. With all the problems our nation is facing today – economic crisis, the breakdown of Judeo-Christian values, a government out of control – why is Michael Medved so angry about WND?
Does that seem just a little strange to you?
