Washington Times

Wash Times: Criticism Of Palin's 'Blood Libel' Part Of 'Ongoing Pogrom' Against Conservatives

Jillian Rayfield | January 14, 2011, 1:11PM

Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK)

A Washington Times editorial defends Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "blood libel" in the wake of the Tucson shootings, by calling media criticism of Palin "the latest round of an ongoing pogrom against conservative thinkers."

Palin had been criticized for using the term "blood libel" to characterize media attacks against her, because of associations between "blood libel" and persecution of Jews in Europe. The term has its roots in the false charge that Jews would murder children and use their blood in religious rituals.

The choice by the Times to describe media attacks as "pogroms" is even more unfortunate since the term usually refers to destructive riots that targeted Jews during the time of the Russian Empire, and often resulted in massacres.

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Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Rev. Moon Regains Control As Washington Times Is Bought For $1

Ryan J. Reilly | September 1, 2010, 8:45AM

Rev. Sun Myung Moon

A Unification Church company controlled by leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon is buying back The Washington Times -- the conservative newspaper he started in the 1980s -- for the price of $1 and the assumption of the company's debt, according to an internal memo obtained by U.S. News & World Report.

Insiders at The Washington Times told U.S. News & World Report they were happy about the deal because they expect that church industry funds -- which unexpectedly stopped in July 2009 -- will resume and will keep the paper afloat. "It will turn the spigot back on," one insider said.

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Washington Times

Reports: Rev. Moon To Buy Back Washington Times

Ryan J. Reilly | August 25, 2010, 10:34AM

Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Four years ago, Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon gave the Washington Times to his eldest son. Now, following a year of turmoil and uncertainty at the publication, he is considering paying millions to buy it back, the Washington Post reports.

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John Guandolo

Gaffney On Ex-FBI Agent Who Slept With Witness: He Was Fired For Opposing Sharia!

Justin Elliott | January 11, 2010, 11:00AM

Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy

Conservative columnist Frank Gaffney claimed in a recent op-ed that FBI agent John Guandolo lost his job because he was too fiercely opposed to radical Islamic ideology, when in fact Guandolo resigned after sleeping with the key government witness in a major congressional corruption trial.

And in an e-mail exchange with TPMmuckraker, Gaffney is standing by the column, while providing no information to back up his claim.

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