You can't buy coverage this good
August 28, 2009 4:15 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Number of words in the Washington Post's fawning love-letter-disguised-as-profile of Brian Brown, the executive director of a right-wing anti-gay marriage organization: 2,035
Number of those words that quote a criticism of Brown or his organization: 0
Value to Brian Brown and his organization of a 2,000-word Washington Post profile that presents them as noble, "rational," "mainstream," "sane," people put upon by shrill opponents who irrationally demonize them: Priceless.
I'm assuming they didn't get someone at The Onion to write that headline. Christ, why did the Post even bother putting a "reporter" on this? Why not just run a press release from NOM about how wonderful they are and be done with it? Oh, wait...
Stephen Colbert hit the nail on the head at that infamous press dinner, (paraphrasing): "Take what they say, type it up, run spell check and go home."
That's the best "rational" argument he can come up with? An appeal-to-tradition fallacy?
Almost as sad - the quote from his wife indicating that she formerly was a reasonable, fair-minded person -- so he's helped her waste her life as well.
The other examples you gave are of large, complex charitable organizations. The organization that this bigot heads is neither.
The large orgs.' heads are paid less than are those of comparable profit making organizations. You may remember also when United Way lost tremendous goodwill and donations when evidence of misspending of contributions came to light.
One of the criteria evaluating all 501(c)(3) organizations for continued non-profit status is whether they use donations wisely, directing them to support the programs and mission of the organization, rather than overpay administrators, fund-raisers, and consultants. I hope that the donors and the IRS are paying very close attention.
This guy deserves absolutely no respect. The head of the Red Cross - maybe.