Jason Mattera

Jason Mattera is the author of the New York Times bestseller Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation (Simon & Schuster) and is the editor of Human Events.

After graduating summa cum laude from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, Jason joined the team at Young America’s Foundation in Washington, D.C. and served as their media spokesman, representing young people on radio and TV outlets spanning the country. He also moonlighted as TV correspondent for HotAir.com, where’s he’s gone toe-to-toe with liberalism’s biggest names, such as Congressman Charlie Rangel, Congressman John Murtha, and Senator John Kerry. Jason’s work has landed him on The Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, and C-SPAN and he’s also been featured by the biggest names in talk radio, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Roger Hedgecock, and Mike Gallagher.

Jason’s written for the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, Human Events, National Review Online, and Townhall.com. He’s a highly sought after speaker and an expert on campus activism strategy. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.

The New York Times Should Terminate Character Assassin Zernike

Posted by Jason Mattera Feb 22nd 2010 at 5:46 am in Featured Story, New York Times, Race, corrections/retractions | Comments(168)

As Big Journalism readers know, a New York Times reporter accused a speaker at CPAC of using “racial tones” and “racial stereotypes.”

I was that speaker.

Last week, I was invited to participate on a panel to discuss my forthcoming book, Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation. The New York Times’ Kate Zernike wrote up the speech for the NYT’s “Caucus” blog. This was her headline:

CPAC Speaker Bashes Obama, in Racial Tones.

In the very first paragraph, Zernike writes, “How can conservatives win the youth vote that overwhelmingly went for Barack Obama in 2008? At the Conservative Political Action Conference, apparently, some are betting on using racial stereotypes.”

Her evidence? Nothing I actually said, but to her tin ears, I was allegedly channeling a “Chris Rock” voice. Yes, Chris Rock.

Regarding my closing statement, Zernike opines, “Can we save our generation from Obama zombies, he [Mattera] asked. He answered himself by borrowing the president’s campaign slogan: ‘Yes, my brothahs and sistahs. Yes we can!’” Obviously, Zernike is insinuating I purposely mispronounced the words “brothers” and “sisters” in order to mock black people, particularly President Obama.

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