[Vision2020] Journalist my ass

[Tom Hansen]

You really ought to check out your "sources" there a bit once in a while,
Mr. Crabtree . . .

Courtesy of SourceWatch at:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Statistical_Assessment_Service

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"The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) touts itself as a "non-profit,
non-partisan organization" but its funders are not transparent. It is an
arm, or "sister organization," of the Center for Media and Public Affairs
(CMPA).

STATS promotes itself as a disinterested, non-partisan guardian of
scientific and statistical integrity to often unsuspecting media outlets.
It has been surprisingly successful in this guise, with other
organizations citing STATS. [1]"

GMU's major corporate funders include:

ExxonMobil Corporation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Here are some of GMU's major foundation funders:

$1,000,000 to $4,999,999

Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (funded by one of the billionaires
of Koch Industries, which is funding an array of Republican and right-wing
ideological interests, including the Tea Party via front groups like
Freedomworks)

Searle Freedom Trust (Daniel Seale was the largest funder of the
right-wing think tank, the American Enterprise Institute)

GMU does have other smaller funders that have donated $499,999 or less,
including some funding from other conservative funders."


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So, what you have here is the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA)
receiving top-end contributions from right-wing billionaires and think
tanks while its sister organization STATS "promotes itself as a
disinterested, non-partisan guardian of scientific and statistical
integrity".

Things that make you go, "Hmmm."

FYI, Mr. Crabtree:  RachellMaddow has sought out many right-wingers to
debate points with her.  A few (Rand Paul, to name one) have appeared on
her show.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho







On Tue, February 22, 2011 7:12 pm, Gary Crabtree wrote:
> "Fox News does not employ "real
> journalists" by your definition."
>
> "What do you call Shepard Smith, Adam Housely, Greg Kelly, Steve Harrigan,
> William La Jeunesse, Gregg Jarrett, Wendell Goler, Trace Gallager, Rick
> Leventhal, Brian Wilson, and last but far from the least, Greg Palkot to
> name but a few? Seasoned, professional journalists by any definition.
>
> You may wish to review what the non-partisan Center For Media And Public
> Affairs has to say about Fox News Channels objectivity. Fox only looks
> conservative when placed in a apples to apples comparison with ABC, CBS,
> NBC, and most especially MSNBC.
>
> Yes, the Op/Ed shows run to the right just like the ones on the other
> networks
> run to the left. The news runs primarily down the middle.
>
> Even on the conservative analysis shows it would be extremely rare for
> there
> not to be several spokesmen invited on to express and defend the opposing
> view.
> This almost never happens on the programs fronted by Maddow, Olbermann,
> Schultz, etc.
>
>
> g