Who writes this stuff? And who actually believes it?

Who writes for the Weekly World News, and more importantly (or scarily) who actually believes their nonsense?

Here's the first paragrpah from an article entitled "Clarence Thomas is a 'Black Power' Mole!"

Butt-Kissing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is secretly a black power fanatic who has purposely built an "Uncle Tom" image to deceive his whitie Republican pals—like President Bush.

The article also purports to unmask Chief Justice Thomas's future agenda:

• FULL reparations for slavery, in the form of all cotton in the United States.
• RENAME every Robert E. Lee School after Harriet Tubman, a heroine of the underground railroad.
• INSTITUTE an affirmative action program to recruit black athletes into professional hockey.
• BAN white rappers like Eminem from the airwaves.

Hat tip to The Volokh Conspiracy.

—Michael A. Cleverly
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at 10:16