In a message dated 5/25/00 12:02:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< May 25, 2000--As you know, I have written a series of articles about Free
Republic, the putative "conservative" news forum on the Net. I have called
Free Republic part of the phony opposition, a holding tank for guppies who
are fed small pellets of approved truths.
http://www.public-action.com/Pretenders/FR-Israel.html
http://www.public-action.com/Pretenders/FR-Color.html
http://www.public-action.com/Pretenders/HT-CR.html
You can imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail from Geoff Metcalf,
the celebrity talk show host on ABC-owned KSFO in San Francisco,
California. Geoff's talk show is aired 10 hours a week, Monday-Friday, 12
noon to 2 pm. Geoff is also a columnist for WorldNetDaily.
Can you imagine how busy Geoff is? He's big stuff. Yet Geoff took time
out of his hectic life to send me an e-mail about my Free Republic
commentary. He called what I wrote a "rant."
Geoff Metcalf is not on my mailing list. He does not know me, and I do not
know him. I wonder who forwarded my material on to Geoff, and what could
have inspired him to spend his valuable time writing to a stranger, the
author of a "rant"? You would not think he'd spend the time doing that,
unless it was very, very important.
In responding to Geoff, I agree with Hugh Turley: WorldNetDaily is part of
the phoney opposition.
First, Geoff's e-mail:
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:21:07 -0700
From: Geoff Metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Carol,
>
>I just read what I think was a rant by you against Free Republic and
>others. Inclusive in the post were references to Turley's criticism of
>WorldNetDaily and Newsmax. The general tone was they are both 'shock
>absorbers' and somehow straw dog critics.
>
>I have had a long association with both groups and know both Joe Farah
>and Chris Ruddy personally. I don't know what Mr. Turley's complaints
>are, and sure, everyone has baggage.. HOWEVER, for what it's worth, I
>will tell you I have been writing for WorldNetDaily since January 1998.
>I have had complete freedom to explore and coment on whatever I want. I
>was among the first to write about Monica, Echelon, Y2K, Jim McDougal's
>death, various privacy issues, and the DNC questionable fund raising
>overseas. I have NEVER had a story spiked. The closest was concerns
>that were expressed about an inteview I did with John McMannus, but
>despite his JBS connection, the story ran.
>
>I can't speak to anything except MY experience, but I have enjoyed
>bridleless freedom.
>
>Robinson may impose restrictions you and others don't like, but
>the>blessing and curse of the internet is you are free to establish, build
>and maintain a venue for specifically the sort of data Free Republic is
>apparently reluctant to post.
>
>Believe me I know all about management hobbles. I have worked for an
>ABC owned and operated radio station for five years and am now being
>replaced by Dr. Laura.
>
>Good Luck,
>
> --Geoff Metcalf
Geoff:
Re: "Free Republic: Israel Comes First"
Geoff, I am so honored that you have written to me. I hear you are quite
a celebrity on the West Coast, a famous talk show host on ABC's KSFO in San
Francisco , as well as being a WorldNetDaily columnist.
Yet you took time out of your busy life to drop a line to me, a perfect
stranger, the author of an article you did not like, an article you call a
"rant." Folks who are far less busy than you normally disregard "rants,"
especially those written by perfect strangers.
You are not my mailing list. Someone must have forwarded my "rant" to
you. Did the person who forwarded the piece to you suggest you drop me a
line?
Allow me to make a general remark about your position. According to:
http://www.ksfo560.com/complexshowdj.asp?DJID=2349
ABC runs your talk show Monday to Friday, from 12 pm to 2 pm. That means
you are given 10 hours a week airtime. ABC must really like what you have
to say. It's highly unusual that a major network would feature a real,
honest, true blue critic of the system.
Now allow me to address some specifics points you raised.
1. You say "I don't know what Mr. Turley's complaints are." But if you
read "Free Republic: Israel Comes First" -- and you say you have -- the
information was at your fingertips (see above URLS to refresh your memory).
I am quite sure Hugh Turley would be willing to be a guest on your talk
show and give you and your listeners the details of his complaints against
WorldNetDaily/Joe Farah, Newsmax/Chris Ruddy, and Free Republic/Jim
Robinson. Mr. Turley's e-mail is: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I understand your show will not be replaced by Dr. Laura until July 3. You
have plenty of time to have Mr. Turley on your show before that date.
Do you have the courage to have Mr. Turley on your show to ask him why he
calls Free Republic, WorldNetDaily, and Newsmax fake critics? It seems to
me that if you were a real critic, you would not mind discussing the issue
on air.
2. I agree with you that Jim Robinson is free to establish whatever kind
of webpage he chooses. No one would wish to deny Robinson the right to
stoke his pet peeves. But I also believe in the principle of "truth in
advertising," don't you?
Robinson's current website would be honestly advertized if it bore the name
"JimRob's Petting Zoo," or "JimRob's Guppy Tank." Instead, Robinson calls
his forum the "Free Republic," and in his mission statement, cites the
highest ideals of the Old Republic as his raison d'etre. But at the same
time he reserves to himself dictatorial powers in his "Free Republic."
These are not compatible notions. Robinson actually debases and befouls
those very ideals he pretends to promote.
3. You say of WorldNetDaily: "I have had complete freedom to explore and
comment on whatever I want. " Perhaps that is true. Perhaps you are a
person who does not like to dig deep, especially on certain issues. In
that case, you fit perfectly into the WorldNetDaily program, just as you
fit into the ABC program.
When reviewing your columns on WorldNetDaily, I noticed you apparently have
no interest in doing an honest treatment of the Waco Holocaust. In fact, I
did a search of the entire website of WorldNetDaily, and found that without
exception NONE of the WND columnists had any interest in doing an honest
treatment of that event. All WND columnists forward the damage
control/disinformation line on Waco. Let me explain.
Since ancient times, all honest investigators of questionable deaths start
their investigations with the body of the victim. The most innocent of all
the victims of the Waco Holocaust were the mothers and children;
understandably their deaths are the most politically explosive issue of
Waco. So why isn't WND interested in the bodies of the victims? Had you
or any of the other WND writers been interested, you could have found the
autopsy reports of the moms and kids in the Waco Holocaust Electronic
Museum:
http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/death/map/d_list00.html
[Beware of wrap-around URL. Public-Action must be hyphenated.]
You can read an analysis of these autopsy reports and other forensic
evidence at:
http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/death/death.html
Had you read the autopsy reports, you would have discovered that many of
the mothers and children were long since dead by April 19, 1993. Their
bodies were selectively beheaded, mutilated, partially burned, and blown
apart to hide the real time, cause, and circumstance of death. The
evidence says the moms and kids were murdered with malice aforethought and
their bodies "laundered" to hide that fact. But look at the WDN coverage:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metaksa/20000420_xctme_slamming_g.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/20000113_xex_fbi_machineg.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bock/19990910_xcabo_waco_inves.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_mccarthy/19990917_xcsmc_rules_enga.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metaksa/19990902_xctme_the_waco_p.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_excomm/19990910_xex_twa_800_and_.shtml
Pitiful, isn't it? WorldNetDaily consistently ignores telling its readers
about the most voluminous, incontrovertible, and damaging evidence against
the government. Instead WND promotes McNulty style disinformation, which I
have analyzed in a number of articles. Try "Waco Suits for Waco Suckers"
or "Waco 'Documentary' Is A Hoax," at:
http://www.Public-Action.com/
Early this year I took the trouble to write a nice e-mail to Joe Farah
telling him about the lacks in WND Waco coverage. I attach that e-mail,
below. Mr. Farah never ever got back in touch with me, nor has WND changed
its ways. No, Geoff, WDN is not interested in promoting the truth about
the Waco Holocaust.
I agree with Hugh Turley. WND is clearly part of the fake opposition.
I trust you will have no objections if I post this correspondence to
appropriate Usenet discussion groups. Considering your association with
cover-up organizations (ABC and WorldNetDaily), folks will be watching:
Will you invite Hugh Turley on your show to talk about fake critics, or is
this too "sensitive" a subject for you?
Consider yourself challenged, Geoff! And thanks again for writing.
==== Begin e-mail to Joe Farah ===
>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:01:07 -0400
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: "Carol A. Valentine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Your Waco Coverage
>Cc:
>Bcc: >X-Attachments:
>
>Mr. Farah:
>
>At this URL
>
>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/20000127_xcbtl_renos_2_mi.shtml
>
>
>You said the following:
>
>====
> This self-proclaimed "militia watchdog" is
>Mark >Pitcavage of Columbus, Ohio. He's a one-man clearinghouse whose work
>on behalf of Janet Reno's Justice Department includes
>>trashing those investigating the Waco massacre.
>====
>
>Allow me to make a comment on your own organization's coverage of Waco.
>It has been pretty poor.>
>Perhaps I've missed something, but your organization just seems to forward
>McNulty-type disinformation while ignoring the real evidence--by real
>evidence I mean evidence which sends people to the electric chair.
>
>Those who really want to investigate suspicious deaths start with an
>examination of the body or bodies and other forensic evidence. That is as
>elementary as ABC. This evidence, which has been publicly available for
>years, shows that, in particular, the Davidian mothers and children were
>murdered with malice aforethought and their bodies laundered to disguise
>the time, cause, circumstances of death, and even the identities of the
>victims.
>
>Go to
>
>http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/
>
>and click on the Death Gallery. Or you can go there direct at:>
>http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/death/death.html
>
>Have you not seen this evidence against the US? It is voluminous and
>incontestible. No need to rely on contested and dubious FLIR tapes.
>
>By the way, the Waco civil suits and the "new revelations" are bunkum.
>For your convenience, I will send you a copy of "Waco Suits for Waco
>Suckers" which can be found in the Burial Gallery of the Museum at:
>
>http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/burial/page/b_wsws.html
>
>I look forward to your coverage of the truth. Please get back to me with
>any questions.
>
=== End of e-mail message to Joe Farah ===
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===
Carol A. Valentine
President, Public Action, Inc.
Have you seen the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum?
See what they did to the Gentile mothers and children--
http://www.Public-Action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum
If those mothers and children had been Jewish, do you think their murderers
would still be on the government payroll?
Do you think Esquire magazine would have run this cartoon had the victims
been Jewish?
http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/burial/fig/b_fig01.html
"In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
===
Carol A. Valentine
President, Public Action, Inc.
Have you seen the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum?
See what they did to the Gentile mothers and children--
http://www.Public-Action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum
If those mothers and children had been Jewish, do you think their murderers
would still be on the government payroll?
Do you think Esquire magazine would have run this cartoon had the victims
been Jewish?
http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/burial/fig/b_fig01.html
"In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
>>
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