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Can't buy me love
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leslie Thatcher, Truthout)
Sat Feb 11 11:32:19 2012
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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:32:15 -0500 (EST)
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t r u t h o u t | Can't Buy Me Love [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dq8zx=
68HENIA ]:=20
Controversy surrounding the Komen Foundation/ Planned Parenthood relationsh=
ip has highlighted the unacknowledged goals non-profits may pursue when the=
y are mostly funded by big donors =E2=80=93 whether corporate or individual=
=E2=80=93 with private agendas. In almost ten years of working with Trutho=
ut, I can testify that *this organization will not pinkwash, greenwash, whi=
tewash, or even gently and legally launder donor funds*. Although we certai=
nly take our readers' and donors' suggestions seriously, *money cannot buy =
coverage or slant, board seats or positions =E2=80=93 and certainly not our=
love*.=20
In a world where most politicians of both parties are bought and paid for b=
y the 1%, where regulators have been captured through the revolving door an=
d other corrupt mechanisms, where the mainstream press are stenographers to=
power [ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3D-869183917758574879 ], w=
here majority charities mold their mission to conform to funders' or founde=
rs' foibles, love that can't be bought is a rare commodity.=20
And if you think that love is a strange driver for a media organization, yo=
u haven't read Tom Engelhart [ http://archive.truthout.org/article/leslie-t=
hatcher-love-tom ] or Dahr Jamail [ http://dahrjamail.net/the-patriot-truth=
out-reviews-dahr-jamails-beyond-the-green-zone-dispatches-from-an-unembedde=
d-reporter-in-occupied-iraq-with-author-interview ] or Sy Montgomery [ http=
://archive.truthout.org/10210911 ]; you haven't laughed and cried online wi=
th my brothers and sisters, my colleagues and friends at Truthout and assoc=
iated with Truthout, who love this sweet earth [ http://www.climatestorytel=
lers.org/storytellers/subhankar-banerjee/ ], the people who live on it [ ht=
tp://archive.truthout.org/you-need-hear-from-people-communicating-from-hait=
is-refugee-camps62238 ] and our deep potential for good [ http://www.truth-=
out.org/in-twilight-social-state-rethinking-walter-benjamins-angel-history6=
6544 ] and for justice. People who don't care don't take the time or the tr=
ouble to tell the truth. We do, as best we can, every day.=20
We are painfully aware at Truthout that freedom of the press and funding of=
the press are closely related [ http://www.truth-out.org/adding-it-press-f=
reedom-democratic-health-and-public-media-funding/1328371408 ], and that yo=
u, our readers, are the guarantors and the guardians of the independence th=
at makes our reporting worth a damn.=20
You can't buy our love - you already have it - but you can help us continue=
to tell the stories that allow us all to know what is happening - and deci=
de what to do about it.=20
*In order to meet our budget, we need to raise about $37,000 more. Can you =
help us get there by **making a tax-deductible donation to Truthout today?*=
=20
Click here
to donate. [ https://members.truth-out.org/donate ]
Click here to donate. [ https://members.truth-out.org/donate ]
(Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641)=20
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Thank you for the love and support!
Sincerely,
Leslie Thatcher, Content Relations Editor
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<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Controversy surrounding the Komen Fo=
undation/Planned Parenthood relationship has highlighted the unacknowledged=
goals nonprofits may pursue when they are mostly funded by big donors - wh=
ether corporate or individual - with private agendas. In almost ten years o=
f working with Truthout, I can testify that <b>this organization will not p=
inkwash, greenwash, whitewash, or even gently and legally launder donor fun=
ds</b>. Although we certainly take our readers’ and donors' suggestio=
ns seriously, <b>money cannot buy coverage or slant, board seats or positio=
ns - and certainly not our love</b>. </span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">In a world where most politicians of=
both parties are bought and paid for by the 1%, where regulators have been=
captured through the revolving door and other corrupt mechanisms, where th=
e mainstream press are <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/tra=
ck.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DtP%2F6C9fPExfa6s5kQtCYzGqczdiw7T63"><font color=3D"#cc0000=
">stenographers to power</font></a>, where many charities mold their missio=
n to conform to funders' or founders' foibles, love that can't be bought is=
a rare commodity.</span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">And if you think that love is a stra=
nge driver for a media organization, you haven't read <a href=3D"http://org=
2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DW4kMAD%2BlIllLAzUwkX0X8Gqcz=
diw7T63"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Tom Engelhardt</font></a> or <a href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DSLnMtfdgS%2FSi9Ywmu=
jdc6Wqczdiw7T63"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Dahr Jamail</font></a> or <a href=
=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Df8XjMHO3QrzPL=
tuEodltOGqczdiw7T63"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Sy Montgomery</font></a>; you =
haven't laughed and cried online with my brothers and sisters, my colleague=
s and friends at Truthout and associated with Truthout, who <a href=3D"http=
://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DYjLY9gdC20Ypk77Nu9kjs=
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YMTYwDnmOfBirp72qczdiw7T63"><font color=3D"#cc0000">people who live on it</=
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eep potential for good</font></a> and for justice. </span><b><span style=3D=
"font-size: medium; ">People who don't care don't take the time or the trou=
ble to tell the truth. We do, as best we can, every day. </span></b></=
p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">We are painfully aware at Truthout t=
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our readers, are the guarantors and the guardians of the independence that =
makes our reporting worth a damn. </span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">You can't buy our love - you already=
have it - but you can help us continue to tell the stories that allow us a=
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