Comments on: Journamalism!

By: andrew h

andrew h — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:30 +0000

Plenty of people who support Cato work for The Man himself–are we still guilty by association?

By: RickRussellTX

RickRussellTX — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:32:20 +0000

“That not of the corporate sponsors are telecomms does not mean that telecomm money does not flow into Cato.”

Maybe I’m getting too old to understand the language of the kids today, but this triple-negative sentence makes no sense to me.

By: mike farmer

mike farmer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:36:02 +0000

Insinuation, association and accusation are all that’s needed today.

I live in the south. I have blue eyes and blond hair. I am a male — therefore, I’m a racist and a right-wing fundamentalist.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:06:24 +0000

Henry, isn’t it up to those lobbing accusations to show some shred of support for them? You’re reduced to hypothesizing that there might potentially be some facts somewhere out there that could conceivable provide support. Doesn’t that suggest to you that the accusers should, I don’t know, do their damn job?

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:29 +0000

Julian Sanchez really disappointed me. He really protests too much. That not of the corporate sponsors are telecomms does not mean that telecomm money does not flow into Cato. The Foundations? What do they have their fund invested on? The Individuals? Where do they work? What are they business interests?

It may be the case that no money at all comes from that industry. But really, this argument is ridiculous.

What’s that? Annual report? Freely available online, you say? Well, and so we get tons of our budget from… Huh? One percent from corporations? None from telecoms in 2008?

We weren’t born yesterday you know?

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:56:44 +0000

Thanks anon, I saw that literally ten seconds after I hit submit.

All comment sections need an edit function!

By: anon

anon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:38:59 +0000

@Eric:

Check the blurb about CEI two entries below Cato’s, which begins, “Like the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute is a politically driven, free-market think tank that holds libertarian viewpoints. Also like the Cato Institute, CEI seems to draw its funding from a smattering of every major corporation ever to fund lobbyists.”

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:55 +0000

Umm, it says:

“The Cato Institute is a think-tank based in Washington that aligns itself with “pro-libertarian” beliefs and backs a completely free market. The institute serves as a hired voice of reason during political debates, because of its pseudo-academic affiliations. Its involvement in this debate is expected, given present company”

You’ll have to point out where it mentions Cato’s corporate funding, I can’t see it.

By: mike farmer

mike farmer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:38:40 +0000

I don’t know if this is silly or scary.