Anarchristian

Talk:Herbert Aptheker

Hi. You may not have realized it, but your last comment at Talk:Herbert Aptheker deleted the previous comment (also from you).

It's nice to have a record of all the comments that people have left on the talk page. If you feel that your earlier comment is no longer necessary, instead of deleting it you can "strike it out" by placing <s> before it and </s> after it, which will make it look like this.

Thank you. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 17:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Link to Ezra Pound in Arthur Penty article

Hi there,

I saw your edit to the Arthur Penty article, and added the link you suggested. You can do it like this: [[Ezra Pound|Pound]] which is shown as Pound. This is called a piped link, and they're very useful. There is a large help system for full info on all aspects of editing, but I'm happy to answer questions too, you can ask on my talk page.

Welcome, by the way! Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 20:53, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

White Privilege Article

Thank you for your clean-up of the white privilege article. The page definitely needs some work. I am surely not the only one who is grateful for your help. I look forward to working with you more to make a better article.

-- Marie Paradox (talk) 00:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Again, I wish to join in the invitation for you to contribute to the White Privilege article which is in despirate need of balance. Racepacket (talk) 19:48, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)

For some reason I can't edit the first paragraph for Nancy Wilson (jazz singer). I only wish to change "over five decades" to "over six decades" (which should have been updated by now). When I click "Edit," however, I'm taken to the second paragraph. I'd appreciate being told what simple thing I'm overlooking. Thanks.Anarchristian (talk) 23:35, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Anarchristian. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Newsmax, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. All edits from this account from the end of December 2019 on have been focused on overtly promotional edits of Newsmax properties and Christopher Ruddy where the account had indicated no interest before in those topics; thus there is suspicion that either you are now an employee of the organization or this account has been compromised. Please declare any conflicts or we have no choice to assume that you are an employee of the organization, and that you should follow the instructions above. Thank you. Nate • (chatter) 00:06, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for maintaining standards, MrSchimpf, but the anarchristian account has NOT been compromised. The guy who's edited pages for Herbert Aptheker, Nancy Wilson, etc. is a freelance writer whom Chris Ruddy (my client) hired to update various pages, e.g., Ruddy, Newsmax, NewsmaxTV. He called me last December to ask if that's something I knew how to do. Now, do I have do that work all over again? Can someone insert my disclosure for me and let me know if/when I have the green light? If there's a better way to communicate this, please let me know. Thanks.Anarchristian (talk) 15:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your honesty; we have those edits in the history so text can be returned without much trouble, but it also should have proper Wiki formatting and meet WP:NPOV standards (this is why I had to tone down the mentions of the Spicer and Kelly programs with proper linking), and we do have to include historical aspects of the properties to keep neutrality. I have posted a message to Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Newsmax-related articles and you're welcome to explain things; I've asked them for help so hopefully they should be able to help you out from hereon out. Nate • (chatter) 21:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Now who's sorry?

Your expression of sorrow for something I said to you seems pretty passive-aggressive. In that manner, I regret your preference for nice-sounding empty words as opposed to my direct approach. I don't mince words; it doesn't help new people in an environment when the old timers choose to be opaque. I would think because you seemingly could not read our posted instructions and follow them yourself, that you might appreciate some specific advice on what to do next. You seemingly couldn't swallow my advice in the way it was offered, leading me to wonder why you asked, at all. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to write you without triggering further analysis of my motives. I laid out the steps I intend to take. I'd be grateful if you'd tell me if I'm on the right track or not. I had questions. If you don't answer them, I hope others will. Thanks.Anarchristian (talk) 19:33, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

I've already criticized above your words at WP:COIN; you don't owe me any other explanation. Yes, you are now on the right track. If you're interested, KJ at Chemonics is doing a good job as a CoI editor and they might give you advice from their perspective if you ask them. Chris Troutman (talk) 20:17, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Newsmax TV Suggested Edits

In the infobox, delete “Better Talk.” (It’s not a Newsmax TV slogan.)

In the infobox, add the following channels:

Comcast Channel 1115

Spectrum Channel Varies

Cox Channel Varies

Optimum Channel 102

Suddenlink Channel 102

Mediacom Channel 277

Wow! Channel Varies

Armstrong Channel 118HD (SD Ch. Varies)

In the infobox, move TDS to the bottom of the list.

Update info on the network’s reach in the second paragraph, last sentence:

As of May 2019, the network reaches about 70 million cable homes and is available on 100 million OTT devices.

To the third paragraph, append this quote:

In an interview with Frontpage Magazine, Ruddy said his network was appealing to the “heartland audience in America.” As for Fox News, Ruddy explained, “I just think we need more conservative voices, not less. We think Fox is great. Actually, I don't have a problem with Fox. I think Fox is changing. I think it's a lot different than it was 10 years ago.”

If someone can give me an idea of when any of these requested changes will be considered, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.Anarchristian (talk) 21:16, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

History

Network Launch

Delete the paragraph referring to Dennis Michael Lynch. It unduly amplifies the significance of a minor four-year-old incident.

Add a subsection, ===Present===, move the Spicer & Co. paragraph there, and have it read as follows:

On Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Newsmax TV launched “Spicer & Co.,” a weekday evening show hosted by Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, and co-host Lyndsay Keith, a former Google executive. The show engages with lawmakers, policy experts and commentators on the latest news from studios in Washington, D.C.

Followed by this paragraph:

Following “Spicer & Co.,” Newsmax airs at 7pm ET Greg Kelly Reports, hosted by Greg Kelly. Kelly had previously served as Fox News’ White House Correspondent and was the co-host of New York’s Fox 5 morning show, the number one show in its time slot. Anarchristian (talk) 16:56, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Christopher Ruddy Suggested Changes

Correct the year of his birth to 1965 in the article’s first sentence and infobox.

Background

Supply a citation for the third paragraph:

Supply a citation for the sixth paragraph, first sentence (Media Fellow, Hoover Institute):

Change “Ruddy serves on the board of directors of the Financial Publishers Association” to “Ruddy was a founding board member of” FIPA.

Change “He is a member of the International Council" to “He had previously been a member . . .”

Delete the next paragraph referring to the American Swiss Foundation.

Newsmax

Break up the first sentence into two and expand the new second sentence so that the resulting paragraph reads as follows:

Following Ruddy's work at the [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] in 1998, he started Newsmax with a $25,000 investment. Later, Richard Mellon Scaife, an heir to the Mellon banking fortune and owner of the Trbune-Review, became a minority investor in the company. As of a 2009 report in [[Forbes]], Ruddy raised a total of $15 million from private investors in the company’s start-up years in the 1990s.

Delete "the duo quickly raised $15 million from 200 private investors and then bought them out in 2000. Ruddy now owns a 60 percent stake with the rest owned by Scaife."

Add the following paragraphs:

According to a 2014 profile in [[Bloomberg Businessweek]], Newsmax generates over $100 million revenue annually. CNN reported that Newsmax was the third most-viewed political website in the nation, behind itself and [[Politico.

In 2014, Newsmax launched a full-fledged television news channel, Newsmax TV. The channel launched on Directv and Dish Network, and soon added Verizon Fios, giving the new network a reach of over 42 million cable/satellite homes. As of 2019, the TV channel is carried on all major cable systems, including Xfinity, Spectrum, AT&T U-verse, Optimum, Suddenlink, Cox and several dozens smaller systems and OTT platforms.

Ruddy told [[Bloomberg Businessweek]] his goal was to offer the nation "a kinder, gentler" version of Fox News, and said his plan was to target the nation's baby boomers with more practical information on health, finance and lifestyle issues.

Newsmax Media started in 1998 when, impressed with the way the Drudge Report had become a major player in news, Ruddy decided to start an Internet news company. With financial support from investors, Ruddy founded Newsmax Media. The NewsMax.com website launched on September 16, 1998, with Ruddy serving as columnist and editor-in-chief. In addition to the website, the company publishes a monthly magazine, also called [[Newsmax]]. After starting [[Newsmax]], Ruddy was featured in a January 1999 [[Newsweek]] cover story as one of twenty "Stars of the New News."

In addition to its news portal, Newsmax.com, the company publishes Newsmax magazine and a host of health and financial newsletters. A March 2009 profile of Ruddy and Newsmax by Forbes described his media company as the "great right hope" of the Republican Party and said after just a decade of operations it had become a "media powerhouse." Political analyst Dick Morris told [[Forbes]] that Newsmax had become the "most influential Republican-leaning media outlet" in the nation.

A 2011 New York Times story on Newsmax detailed the company's growing influence, especially Republican politics and noted that almost all of the party's presidential candidates had made a "pilgrimage" to the company's south Florida headquarters for a meeting with Ruddy.

Dow Jones Marketwatch.com's media critic Jon Friedman commented that Ruddy had become a "bigger internet star than Rush Limbaugh" and that his web site ratings had surpassed that of the Drudge Report. Friedman suggested that Ruddy's success was due to a more balanced approach to news coverage and the GOP's worldview.

Folio magazine in its "Folio 40" ranking identified Ruddy as a "C-Level Visionary" and noted that under his leadership Newsmax has flourished during the economic downturn "where success is really measured these days" continuing the Newsmax brand "ascendancy" both digitally and in print.

Journalism

Delete the words between “discussed” and “questions” in the first paragraph so that it reads:

Ruddy is one of (and perhaps the most prominent among) several individuals who have discussed questions regarding the death of White House counsel Vince Foster. Ruddy’s work on the subject was described by former FBI Director William S. Sessions as "serious and compelling.”

Insert “published by Simon & Schuster” between “. . . his book” and “The Strange Death of Vincent Foster.” This is the next-to-last paragraph of this section.

Supply a citation for that paragraph’s last sentence about Ken Starr’s conclusion:

Bill Clinton

The citation requested for the first sentence of the first paragraph is already supplied by the reference note further down that paragraph:

Delete from the first paragraph’s second sentence the words between “presidency” and “Ruddy” so that the sentence reads: Compared with his reporting during Bill Clinton's presidency, Ruddy told the New York Times that he and Scaife had changed their views ...

End the paragraph that begins with “Newsweek reported Ruddy praised Clinton . . .” with “. . . was the target of criticism.” (That is, delete the words that follow “criticism” in that paragraph.)

Delete this section’s last paragraph, the one referring to the Clinton Foundation and Mozambique.

Donald Trump

Delete the first paragraph.

Add these paragraphs:

According to Ruddy, he first met businessman Donald Trump in 1999, who was speaking to a civic group in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ruddy soon became friends with Trump, and Newsmax became one of the first conservative media to take the billionaire’s presidential ambitions seriously.

In April 2017, after Trump became president, the New York Times identified Ruddy as one of the 20 members of Trump’s kitchen cabinet whom he calls on for advice and support.

Ruddy is a long-time member of Trump’s clubs, including Mar-a-Lago and Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ruddy appears regularly on networks like CNN, MSNBC and his own Newsmax to discuss his take on the President’s policies and positions. While generally supportive of Trump, Ruddy says he disagrees with some of the administration’s immigration and healthcare policies. Ruddy has argued the Republican party should be more open to legal immigration. He also believes Republicans should embrace a policy of expanding Medicaid for uninsured.

End this section with “. . . Mueller’s position as special prosecutor.” That is, delete the current last sentence (i.e., “However, it was not clear if this was based on Trump's comments or the comments of his lawyer made during the previous week.”).Anarchristian (talk) 19:46, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Newsmax TV requested/suggested edits/updates

Many issues are listed at the top of the Newsmax TV article, but after I listed on June 20 many corrections and suggestions (I've declared my COI, but may not make these changes myself), they have yet to get any response from an administrator. I'd appreciate hearing from one.Anarchristian (talk) 16:54, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Respectfully, I repeat my request that a Wikipedia editor/administrator address/implement the changes I have suggested, listed above, as I am not free to do that myself. Thank you.

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