Chip Berlet

John Foster "Chip" Berlet (born November 22, 1949) is an American investigative journalist and researcher specializing in the study of right-wing movements in the United States, particularly the religious right, white supremacists, homophobic groups, and paramilitary organizations. He also studies the spread of conspiracy theories in the mainstream media and on the Internet.

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November 22 - 1949 - Investigative journalist - Right-wing - United States - Religious right - White supremacist - Homophobic - Paramilitary organizations - Conspiracy theories - Internet

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He is the senior analyst at Political Research Associates, a non-profit organization based in Somerville, Massachusetts, which tracks right-wing networks, http://www.publiceye.org/about.html and is known as one of the first researchers to have drawn attention to the efforts by white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups to recruit farmers in the American mid-west in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Political Research Associates - Non-profit organization - Somerville - Massachusetts - Anti-Semitic - American mid-west - 1970s - 1980s

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