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43.
Bob Herbert, “That Weird Day,”
New York Times
, July 21, 1993.

44.
Bob Herbert, “Madness and Shame,”
New York Times
, July 22, 2008.

45.
Jon Ward, “Obama Releases Memos Detailing Interrogations,”
Washington Times
, April 17, 2009.

46.
“Has L.A. Healed Since the Riots?,”
Daily News
(Los Angeles), April 27, 1997.

47.
Stephen Phillips, “Gloves Off for ‘Thinking Man’s Michael Moore,’ ”
New York Times
Higher Education Supplement, August 13, 2004.

48.
Liane Hansen, National Public Radio Weekend Edition, November 14, 2004.

49.
Wayne Parry, “NJ Muslims, Libertarians Glad to See Ashcroft Go,” Associated Press, November 10, 2004.

50.
Jeff Jacoby, “We Owe Ashcroft Thanks,”
Boston Globe
, November 18, 2004.

51.
Ibid.

52.
Ibid.

53.
“50 Years of Covering War, Looking for Peace and Honoring Law,”
New York Times
, December 16, 2001.

54.
Le Bon, 10–11.

55.
Ibid., 30–31.

56.
Ibid., 30–31.

FOUR.
CRACKPOT CONSPIRACY THEORIES—
OR, AS LIBERALS CALL THEM, “THEORIES”

1.
Gustave Le Bon,
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
(Dover, 2002) (1895), 15.

2.
The Ed Show
, MSNBC, January 10, 2011.

3.
John McCormack, “We Report, We Get Pushed,”
The Weekly Standard
, January 12, 2010, video available at
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-someone-coakley-campaign-pushes-me-metal-railing
.

4.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, October 26, 2010.

5.
Le Bon, 22.

6.
“Writer’s Room Is Searched,”
New York Times
, November 27, 1997.

7.
Alex Koppelman, “Did Anyone Really Yell ‘Kill Him’?: The Secret Service Says Allegations That Attendees at Two of Sarah Palin’s Rallies Called for the Death of Barack Obama Are Unfounded,”
Salon.com
, October 16, 2008.

8.
Le Bon, 15.

9.
Robert M. Andrews, “Federal Officials Discount Plastic Handgun Threat,” Associated Press, March 4, 1986; Robert M. Andrews, “Legislators Plead for Ban on Plastic Handguns,” Associated Press, May 15, 1986.

10.
Ike Flores, “All-Plastic Weapon May Transform Industry; Critics Fear Undetectability,” Associated Press, May 26, 1987.

11.
Andrews.

12.
Bud Newman, “Reagan Not Ready to Back Plastic Handgun Ban,” United Press International, May 20, 1987.

13.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, August 3, 2007.

14.
“NTSB: Design Flaw Led to Minnesota Bridge Collapse,” CNN, November 14, 2008, available at
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-14/us/bridge.collapse_1_gusset-plates-bridge-collapse-bridge-designs?_s=PM:US
.

15.
Joe Klein, “Nevermind,”
Time
, December 17, 2007.

16.
Bill Press, “World War III on Hold,”
Contra Costa Times
(California), December 31, 2007.

17.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 5, 2007.

18.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 6, 2007.

19.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 5, 2007.

20.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 6, 2007.

21.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 7, 2007.

22.
Nazila Fathi, “Iranian Leader Calls Report of U.S. Confession ‘Mistake,’ ”
New York Times
, December 6, 2007.

23.
Keith Olbermann,
Countdown
, MSNBC, December 5, 2007.

24.
Valerie Lincy and Gary Milhollin, “In Iran We Trust?,”
New York Times
, December 6, 2007.

25.
Alberto Hurtado, “Sullivan Thinks Southerners Are Murdering Ignoramuses,” Southern Appeal, September 26, 2009, available at
http://www.southernappeal.org/index.php/archives/12675
.

26.
Lachlan Markay, “Contrary to Leftist Accusations, Census Worker’s Death Ruled Suicide,” Newsbusters, November 24, 2009, available at
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2009/11/24/contrary-leftist-accusations-census-workers-death-ruled-suicide#ixzz13LMizxOp
.

27.
Ibid.

28.
Anderson Cooper,
360 Degrees
, CNN, September 25, 2009.

29.
See, e.g.,
The Ed Show
, MSNBC, September 28, 2009.

30.
The Rachel Maddow Show
, MSNBC, September 23, 2009.

31.
The Rachel Maddow Show
, MSNBC, September 25, 2009.

32.
Ibid.

33.
The Rachel Maddow Show
, MSNBC, November 24, 2009 (Howard Dean guest-hosting).

34.
The Rachel Maddow Show
, MSNBC, February 17, 2011.

35.
“Rachel Maddow Says Wisconsin Is on Track to Have a Budget Surplus This Year,”
Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel
, February 18, 2011, available at
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/feb/18/rachel-maddow/rachel-maddow-says-wisconsin-track-have-budget-sur/
.

36.
Stuart Taylor Jr., “In Duke Case, a Rogues’ Gallery,”
The National Journal
, May 20, 2006.

37.
See, e.g., Stuart Taylor Jr., “An Outrageous Rush to Judgment,”
The National Journal
, April 29, 2006; Taylor, “In Duke Case, a Rogues’ Gallery.”

38.
Melissa Harris Lacewell, “Catching Up on the Top Stories of Spring! 1. Duke Rape Case,” Bloggin’ In, July 1, 2006 available at
http://web.archive.org/web/20060721165301/melissaharrislacewell.com/
blog.htm
.

39.
“Report of the Lacrosse Ad Hoc Review Committee,” Duke News & Communications, May 1, 2006, available at
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/mmedia/pdf/lacrossereport.pdf
.

40.
Monica Lewis, “Support for Accused Duke Rapists by Women’s Lacrosse Team Rankles Many,”
BlackAmericaWeb.com
, June 3, 2006.

41.
See, e.g., Gary D. LaFree, “Male Power and Female Victimization: Toward a Theory of Interracial Rape,”
American Journal of Sociology
, Vol. 88, No. 2 (September 1982) (Throughout the 1970s, black-on-white rape was at least ten times more common that white-on-black rape); William Wilbanks, “Frequency and Nature of Interracial Crimes,” submitted for publication to the
Justice Professional
(November 7, 1990). Data derived from Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1987, p. 53 (in 1988 there were 9,406 cases of black-on-white rape and fewer than ten cases of white-on-black rape); Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1997 Statistical Tables, Table 42, available at
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus97.pdf
; Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2005 Statistical Tables, Table 42, available at
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus05.pdf
; Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2006 Statistical Tables, Table 42, available at
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0602.pdf
. See also, Andrew Hacker,
Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal
(Paperback) (Ballantine Books 1995) at 192 (noting that black men commit rape at five to six times the rate of white men and choose white women as their victims approximately 30 percent of the time).

42.
Hardball
, MSNBC, March 29, 2010.

43.
Countdown
, MSNBC, August 18, 2009.

44.
Eugene Robinson, “Duke Scandal Raises Many Questions,”
Charleston Gazette
(West Virginia), April 26, 2006.

45.
Le Bon, 35–36.

46.
Maureen Dowd, “The Unfair Game,”
New York Times
, October 12, 2010.

47.
Le Bon, 35–36.

48.
In the February 12, 2002, memo, Plame writes “it seems that Niger has signed a contract with Iraq to sell them uranium,” and then says our embassy disputes that. She goes on to say:

So where do I fit in? As you may recall, [redacted] of CP/[office 2] recently approached my husband to possibly use his contacts in Niger to investigate [a separate Niger matter]. After many fits and starts, [redacted] finally advised that the station wished to pursue this with liaison. My husband is willing to help, if it makes sense, but no problem if not. End of story
.

Now, with this report, it is clear that the IC is still wondering what is going on … my husband has good relations with both the PM and the former minister of mines, not to mention lots of French contacts, both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity. To be frank with you, I was somewhat embarrassed by the agency’s sloppy work last go-round, and I am hesitant to suggest anything again. However, [my husband] may be in a position to assist. Therefore, request your thoughts on what, if anything, to pursue here. Thank you for your time on this
.

    See Byron York, “Did Valerie Plame Wilson Tell the Truth?,”
National Review
, May 25, 2007.

49.
Patrick E. Tyler, “Standoff in the Gulf,”
New York Times
, December 18, 1990.

50.
Neil A. Lewis, “First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role, Lawyer Says,”
New York Times
, August 30, 2006.

51.
Georges Sada,
Saddam’s Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied & Survived Saddam Hussein
(Integrity Publishers, 2006).