Editing Jerry Falwell (section)

===''The Clinton Chronicles''===
{{Main|The Clinton Chronicles}}

In 1994, Falwell promoted and distributed the video documentary ''The Clinton Chronicles: An Investigation into the Alleged Criminal Activities of Bill Clinton''. The video purported to connect [[Bill Clinton]] to a murder conspiracy involving [[Vince Foster]], [[Jim McDougal|James McDougall]], [[Ron Brown]], and a [[cocaine]]-[[smuggling]] operation. The theory was discredited, but the video sold more than 150,000 copies.<ref name="falwell">[http://www.salon.com/1998/03/11/cov_11news/ The Falwell connection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161034/http://www.salon.com/1998/03/11/cov_11news/ |date=2014-07-14 }} by [[Murray Waas]] Salon.com</ref>

The film's production costs were partly met by "Citizens for Honest Government", to which Falwell paid $200,000 in 1994 and 1995.<ref name="falwell"/> In 1995 Citizens for Honest Government interviewed [[Arkansas State Police|Arkansas state troopers]] Roger Perry and [[Larry Patterson]] about the Foster murder conspiracy theory. Perry and Patterson also gave information about the allegations in the [[Paula Jones]] [[Troopergate (Bill Clinton)|affair]].<ref name="falwell"/>

The [[infomercial]] for the 80-minute videotape included footage of Falwell interviewing a silhouetted journalist who claimed to be afraid for his life. The journalist accused Clinton of orchestrating the deaths of several reporters and personal confidants who had gotten too close to his supposed illegal activities. The silhouetted journalist was subsequently revealed to be Patrick Matrisciana, the producer of the video and president of Citizens for Honest Government.<ref name="falwell"/> "Obviously, I'm not an investigative reporter", Matrisciana admitted to investigative journalist [[Murray Waas]].<ref name="falwell"/> Later, Falwell seemed to back away from personally trusting the video. In an interview for the 2005 documentary ''[[The Hunting of the President]]'', Falwell said, "to this day I do not know the accuracy of the claims made in ''The Clinton Chronicles''."<ref>''[[The Hunting of the President]]'' (DVD) 2005</ref>