A story on the website SLATE was the first to report that it was a liquor lobbying group that distributed a news release boasting about Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) getting a poor charity rating....yet a New Jersey columnist finds fault with both MADD and SLATE!
Meanwhile, a website in Detroit went to their local MADD person for reaction and got, well, double talk as far as I can tell.
People who work for cause organizations sometimes drink the (non-alcoholic) cool-aide and are willing to believe or say almost anything for the cause...be it to promote drinking or NON drinking. As always, it's up to the media to view everything with a questioning eye, no matter what the source. And to report the source when there's an apparent conflict, as there clearly was with the MADD news release distributed by the Anti-MADD lobbyists.
[ALSO: Did the NYC Mayor have an obligation to disclose the fact that his Deputy resigned because he had been arrested in Washington D.C. on a domestic violence charge? Hiz Honor sez no, and admits he actually concealed the arrest!]
[UPDATE: The NY Daily News is among those calling out the mayor for his arrogance.]
Happy Labor Day...and drive safely!
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this blog.]
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