Carlton Sherwood is a journalist and producer.

Sherwood is best known for his work on a 1980 series investigating a fund-raising scandal involving the Pauline Fathers, and the Vatican's role in covering it up. The combined Gannett News Service team won a Pulitzer Prize in public service for its reporting that year. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Sherwood authored a book on Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Sherwood concluded that Moon and his followers "were and continued to be the victims of the worst kind of religious prejudice and racial bigotry this country has witnessed in over a century." Sherwood himself had previously worked for the Washington Times, owned by members of the Unification Church. In a story on this book, the PBS television series Frontline obtained a copy of a letter addressed to Moon. The letter was written by James Gavin, a Moon aide. Gavin tells Moon he reviewed the "overall tone and factual contents" of Inquisition before publication and suggested revisions. Gavin adds that the author "Mr. Sherwood has assured me that all this will be done when the manuscript is sent to the publisher." Gavin concludes by telling Moon, "When all of our suggestions have been incorporated, the book will be complete and in my opinion will make a significant impact.... In addition to silencing our critics now, the book should be invaluable in persuading others of our legitimacy for many years to come."[1] The Rev. ... The Unification movement is a religious organization founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean minister who fled from North Korea during the Korean War. ... The Washington Times is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1982 as a conservative alternative to the Washington Post by members of the controversial Unification Church. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... A frontline is a line of confrontation in an armed conflict, most often a war. ...

In 2004, Sherwood produced the video Stolen Honor documenting the viewpoints of various American Vietnam War veterans claiming harm as a result of John Kerry's anti-war activities. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stolen Honor is a 45-minute video documentary that was released in September 2004. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...

Sherwood is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served as a Marine in Vietnam's De-Militarized Zone.[2] Sherwood formerly worked for Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, whom George W. Bush later appointed as the first Secretary of Homeland Security. The Bush administration has selected Sherwood to create and manage a new federal website aimed at first responders (police officers, firefighters, etc.). Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1946) is a former Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005). ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas. ... The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ...

Sherwood currently serves as Executive Vice President and Director of Communications of the WVC3 Group, Inc., an anti-terrorism, security firm headquartered in Reston, VA. [3] [4]

According to his profile on the WVC3 website, Sherwood "served as Special Media Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan Administration." [5] This is almost certainly a reference to James H. Webb, Jr., who held the position between 1987 and 1988 [6]. Webb is now on the Advisory Board of WVC3 [7]. Webb has been a strong critic of the decision to go to war in Iraq [8]. A native of Saint Joseph, Missouri, James Webb is a best-selling author, filmmaker: Rules of Engagement, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and literature professor. ...

Sherwood's criticisms of 'Presidential wannabes' in Nov 2003

On the 8th November, 2003, Carlton Sherwood appeared on the Judicial Watch Report Radio Show. The host was Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch’s president. Sherwood had just got back from Iraq and was invited onto the show to talk (over the telephone) about the worsening security situation. [9] At about 42 minutes and 10 seconds into the show, Sherwood said:

"Every time I get up in the morning and I turn on the cable news and I see that one or two more of our soldiers have been killed it’s like a kick in the guts to me, personally. But it’s also a double whammy because I know what soundbite’s going to follow that. And you’re right. It’ll be some wannabe - a Presidential wannabe, or one of their aides, carping, almost gleefully, using your word, almost gleefully that, uh, this is one more evidence of a failure." [10]

President of Judicial Watch claimed Sherwood had "advised the President Bush" (sic)

On the same Nov 8th 2003 radio show, at about 2 min 10 s into the show, the host Tom Fitton trailed the fact that Sherwood would be appearing later on in the show. Fitton's brief biography of Sherwood included the comment "he’s advised the President Bush" [sic]. [11]

When Sherwood appeared later in the show, he did not rebut this claim. However, it is not clear if he was already on the telephone line when the claim was made. Therefore, he had not necessarily heard this remark at the time the show was recorded.

Bibliography

• Sherwood, Carlton. (1991). Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Regnery Press. ISBN 089526532X
• Sherwood, Carlton. (1982). The Wayward Shepherds. Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0872237869.

Regnery Publishing is an American publisher that specializes in conservative books. ...

External links

• Red, White and Blue Productions - official site
• the wvc3 group - official site
• "Stolen Honor producer Sherwood falsely claimed Winter Soldier investigation 'utterly discredited' " - Media Matters for America article
• Columnist Rick Freedman debunks the Swift Boat smear campaign World on Fire weblog

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Radio appearances

• Page trailing Sherwood's November 8, 2003 appearance on the Judicial Watch Report radio show. It says that Sherwood "will discuss what is really transpiring in the fight for a free Iraq. Is the government making progress in building a democracy in Iraq?". Download an audio file of the Nov 8th show here (84 MB RM file).

NB. This page incorrectly says that Sherwood appeared on the Nov 1st show - the information about the Nov 1st and 8th shows has been transposed.

• Page describing Sherwood's November 19, 2003 appearance on Talk Radio KSFO 560. It says that Sherwood "tells tales of his recent trip to Baghdad where he had full access to all U.S. civilian and military leaders".

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