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Summation: An article on individual "A" contains a referenced section which states that: pressure group "B" has criticized pundits "C" and "D" for citing "A" and failing to identify individual "A"'s views on related subjects; pressure group "E" has criticized media outlet "F" for not mentioning "A"'s views when offering him a position which was tangentially related; and pressure group "E" also criticized media outlet "G" for mentioning that pundit "H" supported "A"'s views, and "H" had received money from interest group "I", while not mentioning that "A" had written favorably about "I" (and by extension "H"). As I said, each of the statements are cited, but they are from the websites of the pressure groups issuing the complaints.
The answer key:
- A = Steve Sailer
- B = Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
- C = David Brooks
- D = John Tierney
- E = Media Matters for America
- F = NBC
- G = The New York Times
- H = Linda Gottfredson
- I = Pioneer Fund
The original revision is this rev, dated 8 March 2009. I excised the following paragraph entirely:
The progressive media watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) published a report that criticized The New York Times writers David Brooks and John Tierney for citing Sailer while failing to acknowledge him as "a leading promoter of racist pseudoscience".[1] Similarly, Media Matters for America, an organization dedicated to monitoring "conservative misinformation",[2] took NBC to task for citing Sailer as a conservative movie critic while omitting any mention of his racial and political beliefs.[3] Media Matters for America also criticized the The New York Times for its choice of Gottfredson to validate Sailer's views, noting that she was a controversial figure as well who had received funding from the Pioneer Fund, and noted that Sailer in his own writings had supported Gottfredson and defended the Pioneer Fund against charges of racism.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Academic Racists Make Mainstream Inroads, Steve Rendall, FAIR, March/April 2005.
- ^ ""About Media Matters"". Media Matters for America. Retrieved November 29 2005.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ NBC offered far-right columnist Steve Sailer a platform to attack Hollywood, Media Matters for America, January 23, 2006.
- ^ NYT's Tierney quoted "IQ expert" funded by eugenicists. Media Matters for America, October 25, 2004.