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Citations in Freddoso's anti-Obama book rife with misinformation

Summary: The first few pages of David Freddoso's book, The Case Against Barack Obama, are marked by false and misleading assertions about Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by dubious citations. A Media Matters review of the endnotes reveals that the rest of the book is little different from these first few pages, as throughout the book, Freddoso misrepresents or distorts his sources and even makes assertions that are actually refuted by sources he cites.
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Posted by wolf kotenberg

Wonder if freddozzo has a " Anti-Hillary manuscript ready in case mrs Clinton had been the presunptive democratic party nominee ?

Posted by carlileb5935 in reply to wolf kotenberg

Did anybody else note that in #3, he actually plagiarized the supposed newspaper article "source,", by framing his passage the same way, merely substituting different synonyms and verbs?

That would be a no-no in a college class. 

Besides phony footnoting, these guys always end up plagiarizing other people's work. It's something to watch for-- a googling of his more purple or involved passages might come up with something interesting down the line...

Posted by achrispage6992 in reply to wolf kotenberg

Of course, If Jesus Christ was the Democratic Nominee, then there would be people like this hurling innuendo. It is sickening and I hope the American People choose to turn away from this type of stuff this election.

Posted by foghornleghorn in reply to achrispage6992

If Jesus Christ was the Democratic Nominee...

Let's imagine the talking points.

Jesus cares about the poor, so he's a socialist/communist/marxist.

Jesus is a pacifist and therefore a terrorist sypathizer.

 

Posted by wzwriter in reply to foghornleghorn

Let's imagine the talking points.

Jesus cares about the poor, so he's a socialist/communist/marxist.

Jesus is a pacifist and therefore a terrorist sypathizer.

Not to mention the long hair and the beard.....

Posted by eweston8542983

He is the very model of a major modern wingnut.

If he ain't prepared, fake it. His audience will never notice.

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to eweston8542983

I think even funnier than all of the predictable lies being pointed out in this book are the contradictions Freddoso has with himself. If you're going to be a lying hack, is it that difficult to be competent at being a lying hack? All you have to do is proofread your own book and make sure you haven't forgotten any of the lies.

Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Wonder if there is a link between Corsi and Fredozzo ?

Posted by wzwriter in reply to wolf kotenberg

Wonder if there is a link between Corsi and Fredozzo ?

They're both stupid?  :-)

Posted by pearlene_scott1602

The first few pages of David Freddoso's book, The Case Against Barack Obama, are marked by false and misleading assertions about Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by dubious citations.

Surprised? NOT

Posted by wzwriter in reply to pearlene_scott1602

The first few pages of David Freddoso's book, The Case Against Barack Obama, are marked by false and misleading assertions about Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by dubious citations.

And after that, it's all downhill...  :-)

(Any minute now, I predict Shoes89 will slither in here to declare MMFA's criticism of Fressoso's book "lame", and then go on to declare "The Case Against Barack Obama" the greatest literary work of all time.....)

Posted by captfoster2 in reply to wzwriter

Any minute now, I predict Shoes89 will slither in here to declare MMFA's criticism of Fressoso's book "lame"

I personally would predict it to be Science101

Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to captfoster2

Nah he's busy defending the oil companies.

I think half the posts on the subject yesterday were his. Mind there wasn't a lot of variation in what he did post...continously.

Posted by captfoster2

This post fits in as perfectly as the one about Corsi that I did..... only with a few changes.... I post it here as well! 

I've said this before here and in every other place I blog.... hell, I even brought my kids up on this (only for them I cleaned it up a bit)------>

The truth is a bitch when one relies on lying!

Moral: It is easier to stand in front of people and tell the truth than it is to lie.... as the truth is what really happened.... where a lie (or in the case of this Fredosso charactor) a bunch of lies are a story of the imagination! A made up story that needs constant looking after..... in other words... what did NOT happen!

Think you'll ever see Freddoso on TV beyond FoxNoise talking about these slanderous books? Might... but I doubt it!

Posted by princeofwheels

I don't think Fredo even wrote the book. He is just the shill whose name is being used. No one is this stupid to write something knowing you will be questioned and then go out and peddle the book. No, Fredo didn't write this.