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| ⚫ | '''Christopher Ruddy''' is the founder and editor of NewsMax and president and ] of its corporate parent, ] Media Inc. |
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| ⚫ | '''Christopher Ruddy''' is the founder and editor of NewsMax and president and ] of its corporate parent, ] Media Inc. | ||
| Ruddy has written stories for ]'s '']'' attacking ] and has encouraged and offered ] conspiracy theories about ].{{ref|bio}} While his conspiracy theories in "The Strange Death of Vince Foster" have been largely dismissed (conservative columnist ] describes them as "discredited") he retains a loyal group of hardline supporters.{{ref|slander}} | |||
| In 1997, Ruddy was named a Media Fellow at the ] on War, Revolution and Peace at ]. Ruddy holds a B.A. ] in History from ] in ] and a ] from the ]. He has also studied at the ], ] and ]. | |||
| ==Influence== | |||
| In 1999, a '']'' cover story named him one of America's top 20 most influential new media personalities. Ruddy is a media commentator who has been a featured guest on radio programs and TV programs, including CNN’s ], CNBC’s ''] with ]'', CNBC’s ''] Live'', ], NBC’s '']'', and others. | |||
| On ], 1995 Ruddy appeared on CBS News's ''60 Minutes'' to discuss the Vincent Foster conspiracy. Host ] debunked Ruddy's claims with autopsy records, interviews with investigators, and forensic evidence. As a result of the embrassing feature, Ruddy attacked ''60 Minutes'' with a video titled ''60 Minutes Deception''. Ruddy appeared on NBC's Unsolved Mysteries to discuss the Foster event, but NBC failed to critically assess the conspiracy. | |||
| ==Arkansas Project== | |||
| Ruddy became known for this work with the ], which was "described by R. ] Jr., founder and editor of the (conservative) '']''" as "an attempt by the ''Spectator'', best known for its acerbic and lively commentary, to get into more investigative reporting" with focus on Bill Clinton and now discredited "]."{{ref|project}} Ruddy received funding for a conspiracy book surrounding the Presidency of ] and ]'s suicide at ] Park from ] (founder of ]) and Farah's organization the ]. This group supplied Ruddy with "additional expense money, funding for ] requests, legal support and publicity during his" book "research" of a ] Ruddy continued this claims and even asserted that ] was killed by Clinton to silence him. There is no evidence of this. | |||
| Even though the official investigations, including ]'s , ruled Foster's death a suicide, ] wrote a book with encouragement from "from ], the head of the conservative ] house" to write about the Foster case. Besides concluding that Foster's death was a suicide, he found the conspiracy theories were started by ] who when "he starts talking to ] at ], and Christopher Ruddy, who was then at the '']'', he tells them that there is no exit wound in Foster's head, which was also untrue." Ruddy's ties to the ''Spectator'' and the project created unease for some conservatives who "described Ruddy as 'a very heavy breather' whose book contained 'very few direct quotes, but a great many insinuations.'"{{ref|project}} Nonetheless, Ruddy and ] (who funded the Arkansas Project) remained connected through their dislike of liberals and promotion of conservative ideas and a relationship that started when Ruddy was a freelance reporter for the Scaife-owned '']''. Eventually, Scaife became an investor and the third-largest stockholder of NewsMax.{{ref|sec}} | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| *Ruddy, Christopher. "A special report on the Fiske investigation of the death of Vincent W. Foster, Jr." (], 1997) | |||
| *Ruddy, Christopher and ]. ''Catastrophe: Clinton's Role in America's Worst Disaster.'' (] Press, 2002) | |||
| *Ruddy, Christopher and Limbacher, Carl. ''Bitter Legacy: Newsmax.Com Reveals the Untold Story of the Clinton-Gore Years.'' (] Press, 2001) | |||
| *Ruddy, Christopher. ''].'' (], 1997) | |||
| *Ruddy, Christopher. ''Vincent Foster: The Ruddy Investigation.'' (], 1996) | |||
| ==References== | |||
| # {{note|bio}}{{cite web | url = http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=1999/1/26/173502 | title = "Biography of Christopher Ruddy " | work = ] | accessdate = November 29 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{note|bio}}{{cite web | url = http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=1999/1/26/173502 | title = "Biography of Christopher Ruddy " | work = ] | accessdate = November 29 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{note|slander}} Taken from the quote "Even if Christopher Ruddy's ''The Strange Death of Vince Foster'' was considered a conservative hoax book, it was also conservatives who discredited it" ], ]. | |||
| # {{note|project}}{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/scaifeside050299.htm | title = "'Arkansas Project' Led to Turmoil and Rifts " | work = ] | accessdate = November 29 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{cite web | url = http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/primer.html | |||
| | title = "Joseph Farah and the World Net Daily" | work = Con Watch | accessdate = December 13 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{cite web | url = http://archive.salon.com/news/1998/05/28news.html | |||
| | title = "Why Vincent Foster can't rest in peace " | work = ] | accessdate = December 13 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{cite web | url = http://archive.salon.com/news/1998/05/28news.html | |||
| | title = "Why Vincent Foster can't rest in peace " | work = Salon.com | accessdate = December 13 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{note|project}}{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/scaifeside050299.htm | title = "'Arkansas Project' Led to Turmoil and Rifts " | work = ] | accessdate = November 29 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # {{note|sec}}{{cite web | url = http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167574/000095014402002242/g74688a1sb-2a.txt | |||
| | title = "NEWSMAX MEDIA, INC. SB-2/A#1 REG. NO. 333-83408" | work = ] | accessdate = November 29 | accessyear = 2005}} | |||
| # ]. "A Washington Tragedy : How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm" (Regnery Publishing, Inc, 1998) | |||
| # On the death of Vincent W. Foster, Jr., by the Office of Independent Counsel in Re: Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association. Available from the government printing office as document number 028-004-00095-8, 137 pages, $14. | |||
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Christopher Ruddy is the founder and editor of NewsMax and president and CEO of its corporate parent, NewsMax Media Inc.