Liar!

On Wednesday night Paul Waldman, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, appeared on CNN's Larry King Live to denounce the falsehoods and malicious insinuations in Jerome Corsi's book, The Obama Nation. The half-hour long segment was a triumph of truth over fiction -- and a great example of what can happen when progressives have the opportunity to confront right-wing smear merchants. Watch the video of Paul's appearance.

Much of Paul's argument was based on the Media Matters review of Corsi's book, which documented numerous lies and distortions. Corsi is well known for a book he co-authored that launched the Swift Boat attacks against John Kerry -- a book now widely condemned as flawed and untrue. The difference we are seeing today is that the falsehoods being pushed by Corsi and others are being challenged in the mainstream media, by media figures themselves and through appearances by progressive groups speaking out -- and being heard -- on Corsi's smears and falsehoods. Media Matters has been at the forefront of this effort, providing objective research to reporters, bloggers and organizations to mount an aggressive and substantive response.