American Free Press
| Format | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Official website | americanfreepress.net |
The American Free Press is a weekly newspaper published in the United States.
According to one former correspondent, the newspaper'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, one of America's most influential political racial theorists known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial, was one of its founders.
Like The Spotlight, the newspaper describes itself as "maverick, independent grass-roots media". It proclaims a "populist and nationalist" political orientation.[2]
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[edit] Contributors
Writers for the newspaper include Michael Collins Piper, whose work has been characterized as anti-semitic, [3] and James P. Tucker, Jr., a longtime Spotlight reporter whose focus is the Bilderberg Group. Articles by Carto also appear occasionally. James Edwards, who now hosts The Political Cesspool (broadcast as a service of the neo-Nazi Stormfront) is also a former writer for the newspaper.
The newspaper also runs columns by Joe Sobran, James Traficant, Paul Craig Roberts, Ron Paul, and others. The newspaper's podcast series has featured mainstream guests including Brian Baird, Philip Giraldi, Dean Baker, Rebecca Vilkomerson (of Jewish Voice for Peace), and others.[4]
Attendees of the 2006 American Free Press / The Barnes Review conference included [5] Arthur Jones, former member Nationalist Socialist White People's Party [6] and USS Liberty investigator Tito Howard. Dr. Hesham Tillawi whose show has been called "a megaphone for Holocaust deniers and white supremacists seeking to broadcast their hatred and anti-Semitism into American homes" also was a speaker.
[edit] Critics
The Southern Poverty Law Center considers it a hate group[7] and claims that it "carries stories on Zionism, secret 'New World Order' conspiracies, American Jews and Israel."[8] One of the newspaper's ex-contract reporters, Christopher Bollyn, is sometimes cited for his reporting in the 9/11 Truth Movement. The Anti-Defamation League has criticised the newspaper 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 newspaper for disseminating "antisemitic propaganda".[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Piper Report. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ American Free Press home page. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Bettinger, Keith. "Anti-Semitism Peddled in Southeast Asia". Asia Times.
- ^ American Free Press Podcasts.
- ^ [http://enationalist.com/portal/index/index.php?/Latest/newsflash-2.html 2006 AFP-TBR Fifth International Conference]
- ^ 'The blackest lie in history': Republican congressional candidate says the Holocaust never happened
- ^ Active U.S. Hate Groups. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Intelligence Files: Willis Carto. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ "9/11 Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Still Abound". Anti-Defamation League. September 7, 2006. http://www.adl.org/main_Anti_Semitism_Domestic/9_11_conspiracy_theories.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
[edit] External links
- americanfreepress.net, the newspaper's official website
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