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'NewsMax Media' is a news organization founded by journalist Christopher W. Ruddy and based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It runs the NewsMax.com website and publishes ''NewsMax Magazine''. Ruddy, who serves as editor-in-chief, describes NewsMax.com as "the leading independent online news site with a conservative perspective."[1]
Christopher W. Ruddy started up NewsMax.com on September 16, 1998, supported by a group of conservative investors, including the family of the late CIA Director William J. Casey. Later Richard Mellon Scaife, his former employer at the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' and a supporter of conservative causes, invested in the fledging company.[2] One of the initial board members was author James Dale Davidson who edited a financial newsletter that had shared Ruddy's interest in the Vincent Foster case. Davidson's co-editor, Lord Rees-Mogg, former editor of the ''The Times'' and Vice Chair of the BBC, later became chairman of NewsMax Media.[3]
Other news figures who later joined the NewsMax board included Arnaud de Borchgrave, the longtime Newsweek chief correspondent who also serves as editor at large of UPI and Jeff Cunningham, former publisher of Forbes. The late Admiral Thomas Moorer, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who helped bring the Vietnam War to a close, also served as one of the company's founding board members. Former Nixon Chief of Staff and Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. has served as special advisor to NewsMax.[1]
Taking The Drudge Report as a model, Ruddy aimed at creating an Internet news company by building a team of reporters instead of working alone. Some of these, like Carl Limbacher and Missy Kelly, were people known for posting on a Whitewater-related bulletin board at Prodigy (which also produced Jim Robinson, founder of Free Republic).[4] In August 2001, talk radio host Michael Reagan merged his monthly newsletter ''The Reagan Monitor'' with ''NewsMax Magazine'' and began writing a regular column for the publication.[5]
According to financial records for 2000 and 2001, NewsMax operated at a gross profit margin of 56.9 percent and 44.1 percent respectively, but corresponding operating income losses of $4.3 and $4.1 million resulted in net losses of $4.1 and $4.0 million.[2][3]
In addition to NewsMax.com, the company publishes NewsMax Magazine, which the company describes as the nation’s "largest independent monthly with a conservative perspective." During 2006 the magazine’s ABC audited circulation totaled approximately 90,125 paid subscribers. [6]
In November of 2005, NewsMax Magazine earned a Silver Eddie award in the News/Commentary category of the Eddies, the journalism awards presented by ''Folio Magazine'' in New York City. [7]
Nielsen Net Ratings indicates the site received almost 23 million page views during October 2006 to its website NewsMax.com.
[8]
In November 2006, Nielsen issued a press release stating that NewsMax was the #2 web site in the U.S. "with the highest concentration of Republicans." NewsMax.com's audience, according to Nielsen, is 65.4% Republican. The only site with a higher percentage of republican audience is RushLimbaugh.com.[9]
In February 2004, during the Kerry vs. Bush presidential election, CNN reported that NewsMax.com published pictures of John Kerry and Jane Fonda "at an antiwar rally in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania."[10]
★ After the mysterious disappearance of Chandra Levy in 2001, contributor John LeBoutillier allegedly posted a speculative column on the site about the sex life of Representative Gary Condit, with whom Levy had an affair. The column quickly circulated among media members, even though NewsMax editors pulled it from the site.[11]
★ On May 26, 2000, NewsMax published an article claiming Hillary Clinton refused to meet with the Gold Star Mothers.[4] According to the Gold Star Mothers organization, this was false and "Senator Clinton greeted us graciously on Gold Star Mothers Sunday, 2005. This story was also debunked at other websites[5] and eventually led to a retraction by NewsMax.[6]
★ A 2005 NewsMax.com report about Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, claiming he was "teaming up" with rock band U2 for a fund raiser, gained considerable attention. Santorum had actually purchased 66 tickets to a sold-out show and was reselling these to campaign supporters at $1,000 per seat. The band issued a statement denying it was involved in the practice, saying, "U2 concerts are categorically not fund-raisers for any politician; they are rock concerts for U2 fans."[12] Rather than admitting the error and issuing a correction, NewsMax simply changed its article about the fund-raiser without telling readers it had been changed, stating that the story was misinterpreted.[7]
★ During the debate over the failed 2007 Immigration Bill, Newsmax popularized opposition to an alleged "North American Union," a distopian vision of a future America where "NAU citizens no longer spend dollars or salute Old Glory. They spend "ameros." [8] The "North American Union" is considered a conspiracy theory by popular conservatives such as Michael Medved [9], and has been debunked in the mainstream media. [10]
In March 2007 Media Matters for America criticized Andy Martin's NewsMax article for making false claims and Media Matters referred to Martin as an anti-Semite.[13] In May 2007 Media Matters founder David Brock was sued for defamation and false light invasion of privacy by Illinois Republican/Internet Journalist Andy Martin.[14] The case was dismissed with prejudice in June 2007 with the court citing a Connecticut injunction prohibiting Mr. Martin from "filing new lawsuits, actions, proceedings, or matters in federal fora" without obtaining the court's permission.[15] Subsequent motions to remand, vacate, and recuse by Mr. Martin were denied and, in its ruling, the court held that the plaintiff "fails to state a claim for which relief may be granted" additionally noting that Martin’s complaints about Media Matters’ characterizations were without merit and Martin attempted to "abuse the courts".
[16]
NewsMax has a stable of correspondents and "pundits" who offer commentary. Among them is Ronald Kessler, NewsMax's chief Washington correspondent who worked for ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He is also a New York Times Best Seller list author of 16 non-fiction books, including "Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady," "A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush," "The CIA at War," and "The Bureau."
Other contributing correspondents to NewsMax include former ''Reader's Digest'' Editor Kenneth R. Timmerman and New York Times bestselling author Richard Poe. NewsMax regulars include Christopher W. Ruddy, David Limbaugh, Pat Boone, James Hirsen, Geoff Metcalf, John LeBoutillier, Mychal Massie, Susan Estrich, Lawrence Auster, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and Bill O'Reilly. [11]
Besides political commentaries, NewsMax publishes The Blaylock Wellness Report [17] in which Dr. Russell Blaylock provides information to regarding choices in food, drugs, nutritional supplements, and other health remedies.[18]
1. Ruddy, Christopher. "NewsMax Leads the Way ... And We Say Thank You!" NewsMax.com, August 15, 2005.
2. Poe, pp. 171-172.
3. Poe, p. 100.
4. Poe, pp. 70-72.
5. "Michael Reagan and Reagan Monitor Join NewsMax Magazine". NewsMax.com, August 14, 2001.
6. ABC Audit March 7, 2006 : ABC Member # 04-0795-9
7. "2005 EDDIE WINNERS".
8. "[Nielsen//NetRatings (Account Needed)]".
9. "Republicans Outnumber Democrats Online, According to Nielsen//NetRatings".
10. "Kerry takes new fire over Vietnam, CNN".
11. Grove, Lloyd. "The Reliable Source". ''Washington Post'', July 20, 2001, p. C3.
12. Healy, Patrick D. "U2 Moves to Distance Itself From Concert Fund-Raising". ''New York Times'', October 14, 2005, p. B6.
13. Anti-Semite Andy Martin in NewsMax: "Free Obama's White Grandmother"
14. Press release from Andy Martin, the person who lost the lawsuit: Andy Martin takes action to stop David Brock and Media Matters for Americ
15. 07C3154 Martin v Brock-01
16. Case 1:07-cv-03154 Document 24 Filed 07/19/2007
17. The Blaylock Wellness Report.
18. Dr. Russell Blaylock.
★ NewsMax.com
★ Newsmax Knows Its Audience by Wired.com
'NewsMax Media' is a news organization founded by journalist Christopher W. Ruddy and based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It runs the NewsMax.com website and publishes ''NewsMax Magazine''. Ruddy, who serves as editor-in-chief, describes NewsMax.com as "the leading independent online news site with a conservative perspective."[1]
| Contents |
| History |
| Reach and influence |
| Controversial articles |
| Andy Martin controversy |
| Contributors |
| References |
| External links |
History
Christopher W. Ruddy started up NewsMax.com on September 16, 1998, supported by a group of conservative investors, including the family of the late CIA Director William J. Casey. Later Richard Mellon Scaife, his former employer at the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' and a supporter of conservative causes, invested in the fledging company.[2] One of the initial board members was author James Dale Davidson who edited a financial newsletter that had shared Ruddy's interest in the Vincent Foster case. Davidson's co-editor, Lord Rees-Mogg, former editor of the ''The Times'' and Vice Chair of the BBC, later became chairman of NewsMax Media.[3]
Other news figures who later joined the NewsMax board included Arnaud de Borchgrave, the longtime Newsweek chief correspondent who also serves as editor at large of UPI and Jeff Cunningham, former publisher of Forbes. The late Admiral Thomas Moorer, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who helped bring the Vietnam War to a close, also served as one of the company's founding board members. Former Nixon Chief of Staff and Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. has served as special advisor to NewsMax.[1]
Taking The Drudge Report as a model, Ruddy aimed at creating an Internet news company by building a team of reporters instead of working alone. Some of these, like Carl Limbacher and Missy Kelly, were people known for posting on a Whitewater-related bulletin board at Prodigy (which also produced Jim Robinson, founder of Free Republic).[4] In August 2001, talk radio host Michael Reagan merged his monthly newsletter ''The Reagan Monitor'' with ''NewsMax Magazine'' and began writing a regular column for the publication.[5]
According to financial records for 2000 and 2001, NewsMax operated at a gross profit margin of 56.9 percent and 44.1 percent respectively, but corresponding operating income losses of $4.3 and $4.1 million resulted in net losses of $4.1 and $4.0 million.[2][3]
Reach and influence
In addition to NewsMax.com, the company publishes NewsMax Magazine, which the company describes as the nation’s "largest independent monthly with a conservative perspective." During 2006 the magazine’s ABC audited circulation totaled approximately 90,125 paid subscribers. [6]
In November of 2005, NewsMax Magazine earned a Silver Eddie award in the News/Commentary category of the Eddies, the journalism awards presented by ''Folio Magazine'' in New York City. [7]
Nielsen Net Ratings indicates the site received almost 23 million page views during October 2006 to its website NewsMax.com.
[8]
In November 2006, Nielsen issued a press release stating that NewsMax was the #2 web site in the U.S. "with the highest concentration of Republicans." NewsMax.com's audience, according to Nielsen, is 65.4% Republican. The only site with a higher percentage of republican audience is RushLimbaugh.com.[9]
In February 2004, during the Kerry vs. Bush presidential election, CNN reported that NewsMax.com published pictures of John Kerry and Jane Fonda "at an antiwar rally in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania."[10]
Controversial articles
★ After the mysterious disappearance of Chandra Levy in 2001, contributor John LeBoutillier allegedly posted a speculative column on the site about the sex life of Representative Gary Condit, with whom Levy had an affair. The column quickly circulated among media members, even though NewsMax editors pulled it from the site.[11]
★ On May 26, 2000, NewsMax published an article claiming Hillary Clinton refused to meet with the Gold Star Mothers.[4] According to the Gold Star Mothers organization, this was false and "Senator Clinton greeted us graciously on Gold Star Mothers Sunday, 2005. This story was also debunked at other websites[5] and eventually led to a retraction by NewsMax.[6]
★ A 2005 NewsMax.com report about Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, claiming he was "teaming up" with rock band U2 for a fund raiser, gained considerable attention. Santorum had actually purchased 66 tickets to a sold-out show and was reselling these to campaign supporters at $1,000 per seat. The band issued a statement denying it was involved in the practice, saying, "U2 concerts are categorically not fund-raisers for any politician; they are rock concerts for U2 fans."[12] Rather than admitting the error and issuing a correction, NewsMax simply changed its article about the fund-raiser without telling readers it had been changed, stating that the story was misinterpreted.[7]
★ During the debate over the failed 2007 Immigration Bill, Newsmax popularized opposition to an alleged "North American Union," a distopian vision of a future America where "NAU citizens no longer spend dollars or salute Old Glory. They spend "ameros." [8] The "North American Union" is considered a conspiracy theory by popular conservatives such as Michael Medved [9], and has been debunked in the mainstream media. [10]
Andy Martin controversy
In March 2007 Media Matters for America criticized Andy Martin's NewsMax article for making false claims and Media Matters referred to Martin as an anti-Semite.[13] In May 2007 Media Matters founder David Brock was sued for defamation and false light invasion of privacy by Illinois Republican/Internet Journalist Andy Martin.[14] The case was dismissed with prejudice in June 2007 with the court citing a Connecticut injunction prohibiting Mr. Martin from "filing new lawsuits, actions, proceedings, or matters in federal fora" without obtaining the court's permission.[15] Subsequent motions to remand, vacate, and recuse by Mr. Martin were denied and, in its ruling, the court held that the plaintiff "fails to state a claim for which relief may be granted" additionally noting that Martin’s complaints about Media Matters’ characterizations were without merit and Martin attempted to "abuse the courts".
[16]
Contributors
NewsMax has a stable of correspondents and "pundits" who offer commentary. Among them is Ronald Kessler, NewsMax's chief Washington correspondent who worked for ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He is also a New York Times Best Seller list author of 16 non-fiction books, including "Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady," "A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush," "The CIA at War," and "The Bureau."
Other contributing correspondents to NewsMax include former ''Reader's Digest'' Editor Kenneth R. Timmerman and New York Times bestselling author Richard Poe. NewsMax regulars include Christopher W. Ruddy, David Limbaugh, Pat Boone, James Hirsen, Geoff Metcalf, John LeBoutillier, Mychal Massie, Susan Estrich, Lawrence Auster, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and Bill O'Reilly. [11]
Besides political commentaries, NewsMax publishes The Blaylock Wellness Report [17] in which Dr. Russell Blaylock provides information to regarding choices in food, drugs, nutritional supplements, and other health remedies.[18]
References
1. Ruddy, Christopher. "NewsMax Leads the Way ... And We Say Thank You!" NewsMax.com, August 15, 2005.
2. Poe, pp. 171-172.
3. Poe, p. 100.
4. Poe, pp. 70-72.
5. "Michael Reagan and Reagan Monitor Join NewsMax Magazine". NewsMax.com, August 14, 2001.
6. ABC Audit March 7, 2006 : ABC Member # 04-0795-9
7. "2005 EDDIE WINNERS".
8. "[Nielsen//NetRatings (Account Needed)]".
9. "Republicans Outnumber Democrats Online, According to Nielsen//NetRatings".
10. "Kerry takes new fire over Vietnam, CNN".
11. Grove, Lloyd. "The Reliable Source". ''Washington Post'', July 20, 2001, p. C3.
12. Healy, Patrick D. "U2 Moves to Distance Itself From Concert Fund-Raising". ''New York Times'', October 14, 2005, p. B6.
13. Anti-Semite Andy Martin in NewsMax: "Free Obama's White Grandmother"
14. Press release from Andy Martin, the person who lost the lawsuit: Andy Martin takes action to stop David Brock and Media Matters for Americ
15. 07C3154 Martin v Brock-01
16. Case 1:07-cv-03154 Document 24 Filed 07/19/2007
17. The Blaylock Wellness Report.
18. Dr. Russell Blaylock.
External links
★ NewsMax.com
★ Newsmax Knows Its Audience by Wired.com
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