[Vision2020] Journalist my ass

[Gary Crabtree]

I see.

 CMPA can not be trusted because it is funded in part by corporations.

ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Can be trusted even though they ARE corporations,
and receive ALL of their revenue from other corporations. The Huffington
Post and the Daily Beast are totally reliable sources for news even though
they too are owned and financed by corporations.

In other words, corporations are evil and untrustworthy unless they are 
sponsoring your point of view.

g

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From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 8:02 PM
To: "Gary Crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>; "Kai Eiselein" <fotopro63 at hotmail.com>; "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Journalist my ass

> 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
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