KUSHNICK SEES CONSPIRACY WHERE WE SEE COLLABORATION
[SOURCE: Nieman Watchdog, AUTHOR: Matt Bennett, New Millennium Research Council]
[Commentary] Bruce Kushnicks Oct. 1, 2007 commentary to the Nieman Watchdog
makes numerous incendiary claims regarding corporate funded research
influencing public policy. Many aspersions were lobbed against the New
Millennium Research Council (NMRC), which I serve as Executive Director. While
the NMRC was singled out, Mr. Kushnick also took aim at some of the largest and
most respected think tanks and scholars in America. In this regard, the NMRC
is in good company. In his article, Mr. Kushnick appears to firmly believe that
he alone has a monopoly on truth, especially when it comes to the
telecommunications industry. His steadfast conclusion that all think tanks and
scholars that write about this field are somehow unduly influenced by evil
monied interests is an unfounded attack based upon his personal disagreements
and not any impartial facts. Nowhere in Mr. Kushnicks diatribe against the
NMRC and other institutions does he challenge on the merits positions taken by
these organizations. Rather, he questions their motivations, without
presenting data supporting his thesis of pay-for-play, and concludes that they
all must be corrupt.
http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00212
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