 the spotlight was a weekly newspaper in the united states, published in washington, d.c. from september 1975 to july 2001 by the now-defunct antisemitic liberty lobby.michael, george confronting right-wing extremism and terrorism in the usa  routledge (31 jul 2003) isbn 978-0-415-31500-5 p. 17 the spotlight ran articles and editorials professing a "populist and nationalist" political orientation. some observers have described the publication as promoting a right-wing, or conservative, politics. ==description== the spotlight has been described in media reports as promoting an america first position and giving positive coverage to the political campaigns of pat buchanan and david duke.campbell, linda. "liberty lobby in the spotlight with duke, buchanan in race", chicago tribune, january 12, 1992 the spotlight gave frequent coverage to complementary and alternative medicine, including advertisements for the purported anti-cancer supplement laetrile.anderson, jack and whitten, les. "liberty lobby bootlegs laetrile". sarasota herald-tribune, august 16, 1977 kevin j. flynn's book the silent brotherhood described the spotlight as regularly featuring "articles on such topics as bible analysis, taxes and fighting the irs, bankers and how they bleed the middle class, and how the nation is manipulated by the dreaded trilateral commission and council on foreign relations", adding "the paper attracted a huge diversity of readers".flynn, kevin j. and gary gerhardt, the silent brotherhood, free press, 1989, isbn 0-02-910312-6 p. 85 namebase described the newspaper as "anti-elitist, opposed the gulf war, wanted the jfk assassination reinvestigated, and felt that corruption and conspiracies can be found in high places" ==circulation== circulation of the spotlight peaked in 1981 at 315,000 but fell to about 90,000 by 1992.george, john and wilcox, laird. nazis, communists, klansmen, and others on the fringe, prometheus books, p. 260 ==critical reaction== the spotlight was called "the most widely read publication on the fringe right" by the anti-defamation league, who also stated the newspaper "reflected carto's conspiracy theory of history" and called the paper anti-semitic.willis carto, anti-defamation league website, accessed 4 may
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