Posted on 01/28/2005 2:26:51 PM PST by swilhelm73
In furtherance of Jonathan Adler's point, if you go to Landmark Legal Foundation's website you will find thousands of environmental groups that receive government grants. The Washington Post has used scores of these groups in its news stories. Does the Washington Post have a policy of disclosing the groups' government connections in its news pages? Not that I can discern. When the groups' representatives are on radio and TV shows, do they disclose that they've received money from the government? Not that I can discern. And when Kurtz took an incredibly lame slap at (my friend, associate, advisory board member, and brother in arms) Sean Hannity the other day, did he reveal at the time that he's paid by a competing cable network, CNN? No, he did not. Does CNN have a policy that requires its guests to reveal any government money groups they represent have received? Looks like a bad game of gotcha, not ethics.
As I said, before,IF the qualifications to write a column or article in a newspaper is to not have ANY outside interest. Then EVERY reporter, columnist, editor,publisher that has given money to a special interest group, or conversely has RECEIVED a speaking fee or any renumeration other than a paycheck from their employer, must resign and were a huge UE(unethical) on their forehead When do we start seeing the results of the purge.
Mr. Levin is absolutely right. And I also look forward to the day when all those left-wing press releases are received by their "brethren" media... and there's a list of 200 coalitions on the letterhead... that these coalitions also detail that Person X is the only member of group XYZ, and Person X is also the only member of group AYZ, and Person X is the only member of group BYZ. Newspapers need to also be aware of this; they publish stories about 200 groups are standing against the President's blah blah... when in fact, the total composite may be 40 people with 200 "coalition" name memberships. Ethics? Liberals have been doing this for many years.
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