To my 'terribly gullible audience'

That's what Esquire's executive editor thinks of WND readers – my "terribly gullible audience."

Mark Warren thinks you're an "easy mark."

You know what they say about people like us: "Poor, under-educated and easily led."

Not independent thinkers like the corporate titans of the Hearst Corporation or other power structures of the media elite.

That's what this effete snob said about you in his late "disclaimer" on what the Wall Street Journal wrote about in a column titled, "How Not to Write Satire."

This was the "parody" the politically connected Mark Warren wrote about Jerome Corsi's "Where's the Birth Certificate: The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible To Be President," the best-selling release published by WND Books.

If you haven't seen the piece, I invite you to read it for yourself – as an example of the most shameful illustration of libel, defamation and tortious interference with a business you are likely to see committed by a major media outlet. It's still there – in all of its infamy. Unretracted. No apology. No offer of recompense from one of the largest and wealthiest privately held companies in the world.

And that's why I am, at considerable expense, filing a lawsuit against Mark Warren, Esquire and the Hearst Corporation – because I believe this attack piece, if unchallenged, will further define down our standards for the politics of personal destruction in the media. I'm also asking for your generous support for this campaign because I don't have the financial resources to take on the Hearst Corporation alone.

This is not just a spat between two media companies – one big and one little.

This is much bigger than that.

This is a battle between the old establishment media, that fails to hold politicians like Barack Obama accountable, and the new independent media epitomized by WND – that risks everything to perform that indispensible watchdog role in what remains of our "free society."

It's also a fight between you and the impudent pretenders in the corridors of power who look down their noses at all those with whom they disagree.

You're just my "terribly gullible audience."

I know you are anything but gullible – and you're not just an "audience."

Those who write to me at WND know I interact with you daily. Try getting that kind of attention from the owner of Esquire or Fox News or CNN.

This is a David vs. Goliath kind of fight – make no mistake about it. Even though we have an excellent case on paper, we will be going up against the best legal talent money can buy. We are likely to face politically connected judges who have no use for what we do. But fight we will – with your help.

I know times are tough – thanks in no small part to the man in the White House who is, one way or another, behind this attack on us. But I need your financial help in any amount you can provide – even if it's just a couple bucks.

I also need your encouragement and your prayers.