Chip Berlet

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(journalist, academic)
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BornNovember 22, 1949
NationalityUS
Interestsconspiracy theories
Interest of"Philip Cross"

John Foster "Chip" Berlet is the senior analyst at Political Research Associates (PRA) based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has worked with PRA since 1982, specializing in ad hominem attacks to stamp most conspiracy theories as extreme right wing.

According to his biographical note "he has earned a living as a reporter, researcher, paralegal investigator, photographer, graphic artist, printer, and truck driver. He helped form and was for many years a shop steward in the UAW affiliated staff union within the National Lawyers Guild." [1]

By labelling all "It is important to see anti-elite conspiracism and scapegoating as not merely destructive of a progressive analysis but as specific techniques used by fascist political movements, to provide a radical-sounding left cover for a rightist attack on the status quo."

Quotes about Berlet

Libertarian anti-war activist Justin Raimondo described him as "Berlet is professional political hit man whose specialty is smearing anyone outside the traditional left-right categories as an extremist, at best, and a nascent Nazi at worst."[2]

Ace R. Hayes described him as "Berlet spends 99 percent of his time attacking the people who have actually exposed U.S. Government crimes and cover-ups, and one percent of his time exposing them."[3]

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