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Chip quoted in Obama conspiracy article
Posted on 2009-04-02
Any inconvenient facts are irrelevant. People who believe in a conspiracy theory "develop a selective perception, their mind refuses to accept contrary evidence," Chip Berlet, a senior analyst with Political Research Associates who studies such theories, says. "As soon as you criticize a conspiracy theory, you become part of the conspiracy."
Pam quoted in Bay Windows, Boston LGBT paper
Posted on 2009-04-02
Yet since the 2007 amendment defeat the national anti-gay groups have kept a low profile in Massachusetts; there are no visible signs they have been providing financial or organizational support to MFI. Pam Chamberlain, a researcher for the Somerville-based think tank Political Research Associates who focuses on monitoring anti-LGBT activism, said that groups like Focus on the Family are unlikely to sink money into Massachusetts while pro-equality politicians have a lock on political power. She cited news reports of Focus on the Family laying off workers as a result of the money they spent on the Prop 8 campaign.
Abby Scher Discusses CPAC on Sounds of Dissent
Posted on 2009-04-02
In defending the "free market," speakers at February's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. championed small business and entrepreneurship. But they neglected the outsize role of multinational corporations in shaping the economy and how the lax regulation of financial behemoths created a worldwide economic crisis. Public Eye Editor Abby Scher discussed these and other intriguing CPAC stories with John Grebe of Sounds of Dissent radio on March 7.
Chip mentioned in Bilderberger article, criticizing conspiricism
Posted on 2009-03-30
...thinking has progressively found acceptance within both elements of the populist movement and fringe politics. According to investigative journalist Chip Berlet, the prominent origins of Bilderberger conspiracy theories can be traced to activist Phyllis Schlafly.
Culture Wars Today, Tomorrow, and Forever?
Posted on 2009-02-17
Undermining Obama; The Haggards Play Oprah; Coral Ridge Ministries Makeover; Focus on the Family turns to plagiarist Tim Goeglein; GOP’s Taliban Fever; and AFA’s Project Push Back.
Chip Berlet on the War on Christmas
Posted on 2008-11-24
As journalist Frederick Clarkson observes, proclamations from Bill O'Reilly, claiming the existence of a leftist assault on Christmas, are "part of a transcendent politics of the Religious Right, and a variant of that old time McCarthism -- baiting everyone with whom they disagree as advocating a 'godless' agenda." Indeed, Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade was making the same charges back in 1960 and much earlier in the year -- in July in fact.
Chip Quoted in Story About Anti-Muslim Bias
Posted on 2008-07-21
“It’s a shame Obama has decided not to visit an Islamic institution or mosque because of all the perceptions about him,” said Chip Berlet, a senior analyst at Political Research Associates, which analyses right-wing networks.
Fantastic Elastic Fundamentalism
Posted on 2008-06-12
Sharlet: Veteran Christian Right-watcher Frederick Clarkson reviews The Family for The Public Eye, the publication of Political Research Associates, a public think tank.
LaRouchites Try for a Foothold in County
Posted on 2008-06-12
Researcher and writer Chip Berlet notes that LaRouche claimed he has no income “although he lived in a huge mansion surrounded by armed guards...
Chip Berlet helps explain antisemitic comic book
Posted on 2008-05-29
With commentary by Chip Berlet, Bruce Wilson of the Huffington Post describes a new Christian comic book, now sold in major book stores, that contains "ghastly and horrific" portrayals of Jews.
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