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{{short description|American jazz musician and blogger}}
⚫ '''Charles Foster "Icarus" Johnson''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] guitarist, software developer and blogger.<ref>{{cite news

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⚫ '''Charles Foster Johnson''' (born April 13, 1953) is an American ]ger, software developer, and former ] guitarist.<ref>{{cite news
|title=The Blogger Who Helped to Dislodge Dan Rather |title=The Blogger Who Helped to Dislodge Dan Rather
|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/8711 |url=http://www.nysun.com/article/8711
|author=Brendan Bernhard |publisher='']'' |author=Brendan Bernhard |newspaper=]
|date=2005-02-03 |accessdate=2007-07-12}}</ref> |date=February 3, 2005 |accessdate=July 12, 2007}}</ref>
He has played on 29 albums. His ], ], is one of the top 50 most popular blogs on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web He has played on 30 albums, sometimes credited as '''Icarus Johnson'''. He started the political blog ] in 2001.
⚫ |url=http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/
|title=Popular Blogs |publisher=]}}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Charles Johnson was born in ] and raised in ]. He launched his first career (as a ] ]) in the mid-1970s. Extensive recording credits include at least three albums that went gold: ''Reach For It'' by ], ''School Days'' by ], and ''Live in London'' by ]. Johnson was born in ] and raised in ]. He launched his first career (as a ] ]) in the mid-1970s. Extensive recording credits include at least three albums that went gold: ''Reach For It'' by ], '']'' by ], and ''Live in London'' by ]. He was a member of ] and ]'s pre-] band, ] and played on the band's biggest hit, "I Do Believe in You."


He later co-founded CodeHead Technologies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skybluemusic.com/codehead/codehead.html He later co-founded CodeHead Technologies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skybluemusic.com/codehead/codehead.html
|title=The Story of CodeHead Software |author=John Eidsvoog |title=The Story of CodeHead Software |author=John Eidsvoog
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> |date=June 6, 1991 |accessdate=October 15, 2006}}</ref>
which marketed productivity and ] ] (mostly hand-coded in ]) for the ] ]. which marketed productivity and ] ] (mostly written in ]) for the ] personal computer.
In 2001, Johnson founded a web design firm called "Little Green Footballs" with his brother Michael. Little Green Footballs began as a testbed on the company's website. In 2001, Johnson founded a web design firm called "]" with his brother Michael. Little Green Footballs began as a testbed on the company's website.


⚫ Johnson was raised ] but now considers himself an ].<ref name=Ronen>{{cite news
⚫ ]
⚫ |url=http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=62000

] has referred to Johnson as a "Righteous Gentile" because of his support for Israel.<ref name=Ronen>{{cite news |url=http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=62000
|title=At Israel's Right |title=At Israel's Right
|author=Gil Ronen |publisher=] Israel National News |author=Gil Ronen
|publisher=] Israel National News
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> |date=April 29, 2004
|accessdate=October 15, 2006
⚫ Johnson was raised ] but now considers himself an ].<ref name=Ronen/>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051016045045/http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=62000
|archive-date=October 16, 2005
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>


Johnson is a co-founder of ], selling his stake in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/showc/98/7695840 |title=Conservative in Liberal Hands |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/12/charles-johnson-holding-down-t.html |title=Charles Johnson And His Little Green Footballs: Holding Down The Center |author=Hillel Aron |date=December 4, 2009 |work=Neon Tommy, online publication of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism |publisher= |accessdate=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213075537/http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/12/charles-johnson-holding-down-t.html|archive-date=December 13, 2009}}</ref>
Johnson is a co-founder of ].


==Killian memos==
⚫ Johnson, and other conservative bloggers, gained attention during the ] for their role in exposing as forgeries several memos purporting to document irregularities in ]. (See ] and ].) ] news anchor ] presented the memos as authentic in a Sept. 8, 2004 report on '']'', two months before the vote. Days after the broadcast, Johnson showed the documents, supposedly typewritten in 1973, could have been created easily on a modern computer using ].<ref>{{cite web
⚫ ] using default settings]]
⚫ |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12526&only
⚫ Johnson, and other bloggers, gained attention during the ] for their role in questioning the authenticity of several memos purporting to document irregularities in ]. (See ] and ].) ] news anchor ] presented the memos as authentic in a September 8, 2004 report on '']'', two months before the vote. Days after the broadcast, Johnson alleged the documents, supposedly typewritten in 1973, could have been created easily on a modern computer using ].<ref>{{cite web
⚫ |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/12526_Bush_Guard_Documents-_Forged
|title=Bush Guard Documents: Forged |title=Bush Guard Documents: Forged
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=] |author=Charles Johnson |publisher=]
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> |date=September 9, 2004 |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref>

In 2007, Johnson rewrote the Little Green Footballs software to use ] and ].

==Political views==
According to Johnson, "political correctness has kept a lot of the hard truth from being spread by the mainstream media."<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801431.html |title=Blogger Takes Aim At News Media and Makes a Direct Hit
|author=Paul Farhi |publisher='']''
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref>

Johnson coined the term "'''idiotarian'''"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=2091
|title=Anti-idiotarian bloggers
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=]
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref>,
popularized the epithet "''']'''"<ref>
A search for posts on ''Little Green Footballs'' containing the word "moonbat", conducted ], ], found 686 matches dating back to ], ]</ref>
and promoted the sarcastic use of the phrase "'']''" to describe ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=2833&only
|title=Scenes from a Peaceful Religion
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=3270&only
|title=Peaceful Religion Sweepstakes
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ]|accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Religion of Peace
|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=3816&only
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref>

He also coined the term "fauxtography"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22001&only
|title=MSM Fauxtography Watch
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ] |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref>
to describe the publishing of ] by news services such as ] and the ]. (See ] and ].)

Johnson has described the ] of ] as "the international left’s newest article of blind faith" and "recommends ]’s book '']''".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24691&only
|title=The Great Global Warming Swindle
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ] |accessdate=2007-03-04}}</ref>

After the ], Johnson indicated that he opposed stricter gun control by posting on his website an episode of ] which is strongly critical of any such moves. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25212&only
|title=Gun Control: Clever or Stupid?
|author=Charles Johnson |publisher=Little Green Footballs
|date=], ] |accessdate=2007-03-22}}</ref>

Johnson has recently been making many posts attacking people who believe all or part of the information put forth by the , pegging them "nirth certifikiters." Large numbers of accounts have been blocked or banned from the site when the posters disagree with him, even if their disagreement does not directly concern the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate. The recent spate of posts also expend a great deal of effort trying to link the phenomenon to the ] and ] movement.


==Discography == ==Discography ==
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*1977 ''I'm Fine, How Are You ''with ] *1977 ''I'm Fine, How Are You ''with ]
*1977 ''Reach for It ''with ] *1977 ''Reach for It ''with ]
*1977 ''Garden of Love Light ''with ] *1977 ''Easy Living'' with ]
*1976 ''Garden of Love Light ''with ]
*1978 ''Don't Let Go ''with ] *1978 ''Don't Let Go ''with ]
*1978 ''Don't Ask My Neighbors ''with ] *1978 ''Don't Ask My Neighbors ''with ]
*1979 ''Follow the Rainbow ''with ] *1979 ''Follow the Rainbow ''with ]
*1979 ''Future Street ''with ] *1979 ''Future Street ''with ]
*1980 ''Nielsen Pearson ''with ] *1980 ''Nielsen Pearson ''with ]
*1980 ''Rocks, Pebbles and Sand ''with ] *1980 ''Rocks, Pebbles and Sand ''with ]
*1981 ''Pages ''with ] *1981 ''Pages ''with ]
*1983 ''Not the Boy Next Door ''with ] *1982 ''Dream On ''with ]
*1983 ''Not the Boy Next Door ''with ]
*1984 ''In London ''with ] *1984 ''In London ''with ]
*1984 ''Live in London ''with ] *1984 ''Live in London ''with ]
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*1988 ''Guitar Workshop: Tribute to with ] '' *1988 ''Guitar Workshop: Tribute to with ] ''
*1989 ''One Passion ''with ] *1989 ''One Passion ''with ]
*1991 ''Dream On ''with ]
*1993 ''Art & Survival ''with ] *1993 ''Art & Survival ''with ]
*1994 ''L.A. ''with ] *1994 ''L.A. ''with ]
*1995 ''Piel Ajena ''with ] *1995 ''Piel Ajena ''with ]
*1996 ''George Duke Greatest Hits ''with ] *1996 ''George Duke Greatest Hits ''with ]
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*2000 ''When I Hold You in My Heart ''with ] *2000 ''When I Hold You in My Heart ''with ]
*2000 ''Rare Collection ''with ] *2000 ''Rare Collection ''with ]
*2001 ''Pages ''with ] *2001 ''Pages ''with ]
*2003 ''Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology ''with ] *2003 ''Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology ''with ]
*2003 ''In Between the Heartaches ''with ] *2003 ''In Between the Heartaches ''with ]


== References == == References ==
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== External links== == External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* - Charles Johnson musical biography
⚫ *{{cite web|url=http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/johnson.php|title=The Charles Johnson Interview|author=John Hawkins|publisher=Right Wing News|accessdate=July 5, 2006}}
* - Charles Johnson recording credits

⚫ *{{cite web|url=http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/johnson.php|title=The Charles Johnson Interview|author=John Hawkins|publisher=Right Wing News|accessdate=2006-07-05}}
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American jazz musician and blogger
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Charles Foster Johnson (born April 13, 1953) is an American blogger, software developer, and former jazz guitarist. He has played on 30 albums, sometimes credited as Icarus Johnson. He started the political blog Little Green Footballs in 2001.

Biography

Johnson was born in New York and raised in Hawaii. He launched his first career (as a jazz guitarist) in the mid-1970s. Extensive recording credits include at least three albums that went gold: Reach For It by George Duke, School Days by Stanley Clarke, and Live in London by Al Jarreau. He was a member of Richard Page and Steve George's pre-Mr. Mister band, Pages and played on the band's biggest hit, "I Do Believe in You."

He later co-founded CodeHead Technologies, which marketed productivity and desktop publishing software (mostly written in assembly language) for the Atari ST personal computer. In 2001, Johnson founded a web design firm called "Little Green Footballs" with his brother Michael. Little Green Footballs began as a testbed on the company's website.

Johnson was raised Roman Catholic but now considers himself an agnostic.

Johnson is a co-founder of Pajamas Media, selling his stake in 2007.

Killian memos

Charles Johnson's animated GIF comparison of purported 1970s era typewritten Killian memos with 2004-era MS Word document using default settings

Johnson, and other bloggers, gained attention during the 2004 U.S. presidential election for their role in questioning the authenticity of several memos purporting to document irregularities in George W. Bush's National Guard service record. (See Killian documents and Killian documents authenticity issues.) CBS news anchor Dan Rather presented the memos as authentic in a September 8, 2004 report on 60 Minutes Wednesday, two months before the vote. Days after the broadcast, Johnson alleged the documents, supposedly typewritten in 1973, could have been created easily on a modern computer using Microsoft Word.

Discography

References

  1. Brendan Bernhard (February 3, 2005). "The Blogger Who Helped to Dislodge Dan Rather". The New York Sun. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  2. John Eidsvoog (June 6, 1991). "The Story of CodeHead Software". Retrieved October 15, 2006.
  3. Gil Ronen (April 29, 2004). "At Israel's Right". Arutz Sheva Israel National News. Archived from the original on October 16, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
  4. "Conservative in Liberal Hands".
  5. Hillel Aron (December 4, 2009). "Charles Johnson And His Little Green Footballs: Holding Down The Center". Neon Tommy, online publication of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009.
  6. Charles Johnson (September 9, 2004). "Bush Guard Documents: Forged". Little Green Footballs. Retrieved June 15, 2018.

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