Chip Berlet

Chip Berlet
Chip Berlet in Mexico in 2012
Born
John Foster Berlet

(1949-11-22) November 22, 1949 (age 74)
Occupation(s)Policy analyst, investigative journalist, photojournalist
Known forStudy of right-wing movements and conspiracy theories

John Foster "Chip" Berlet (/bɜːrˈleɪ/;[1] born November 22, 1949) is an American investigative journalist,[2] research analyst,[3][4] photojournalist, scholar, and activist specializing in the study of extreme right-wing movements in the United States.[4][5] He also studies the spread of conspiracy theories.[6] Since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Berlet has regularly appeared in the media to discuss extremist news stories.[4] He was a senior analyst at Political Research Associates (PRA), a non-profit group that tracks right-wing networks.[7]

Berlet, a paralegal, was a vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild. He has served on the advisory board of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University, and for over 20 years was on the board of the Defending Dissent Foundation. In 1982, he was a Mencken Awards finalist in the best news story category for "War on Drugs: The Strange Story of Lyndon LaRouche", which was published in High Times. He served on the advisory board of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution.

  1. ^ "Chip Berlet, Tea Parties, White Rage & Right-Wing Populism Recorded on November 30th, 2010"
  2. ^ Berlet, C. (March 2014). "Public Intellectuals, Scholars, Journalists, & Activism: Wearing Different Hats and Juggling Different Ethical Mandates". International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences. 3 (1): 61–90. doi:10.4471/rimcis.2014.29.
  3. ^ Chermak, Steven M. (2002). Searching for a Demon: The Media Construction of the Militia Movement. UPNE. p. 92. ISBN 9781555535414.
  4. ^ a b c Altschiller, Donald (2005). Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9781851096244.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference GeorgeWilcox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Berlet, Chip (July 11, 2009). "Holocaust Museum Shooting, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories, and the Tools of Fear". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  7. ^ "About PRA". Publiceye.org.