American Free Press
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The American Free Press (AFP) is a weekly newspaper published in the United States. According to one former correspondent, the AFP's direct ancestor was the publication The Spotlight,[1] which ceased publication in 2001 when its parent company, Liberty Lobby, was forced into bankruptcy. Like The Spotlight and Liberty Lobby, Willis Carto was one of its founders.
Like The Spotlight, American Free Press describes itself as "maverick, independent grass-roots media".[2] It proclaims a "populist and nationalist" political orientation. The AFP publishes articles on current world events, 9/11 conspiracy theories.[3] One of their ex-contract reporters, Christopher Bollyn is sometimes cited for his reporting in the 9/11 Truth Movement.[4] It is classified as an active hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[5] The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has criticised AFP and, in particular, Bollyn for linking of prominent figures in the Jewish community with the events of September 11, 2001, and in September 2006 attacked the publication of disseminating what it calls "antisemitic propaganda".[6]
The paper includes articles from mainstream columnists such as Joe Sobran, and Paul Craig Roberts, U.S. Congressmen including Ron Paul, as well as articles by its own staff. Articles by Willis Carto also appear occasionally. The newspaper is critical of the more controversial policies of the state of Israel.[citation needed] The work of one of its writers, Michael Collins Piper, has been characterised as "characteristic of an effort by anti-Semites and white supremacists to repackage themselves as 'alternative media voices' claiming to tackle stories the mainstream media in the US won't touch."[7] James P. Tucker, Jr., who has been chronicling the activities of the Bilderberg Group for over thirty years, is also a reporter with American Free Press and was a longtime Spotlight reporter. James Edwards, who now hosts The Political Cesspool, is also a former writer for the paper.
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- ^ The Piper Report
- ^ American Free Press home page
- ^ DEBUNK 9-11
- ^ a number of times from 9-11 Review: Holocaust Denial Versus 9-11 Truth
- ^ Active U.S. Hate Groups in 2008, Southern Poverty Law Center
- ^ "9/11 Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Still Abound". Anti-Defamation League. 2006-09-07. http://www.adl.org/main_Anti_Semitism_Domestic/9_11_conspiracy_theories.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ Bettinger, Keith Anti-Semitism Peddled in Southeast Asia , Asia Times
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