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The Reason Foundation is funded by the Koch Family Foundations and David Koch sits on its board of directors. Koch Industries includes plastics manufacturing.
by CalChris 10y ago
The Reason Foundation is funded by the Koch Family Foundations and David Koch sits on its board of directors. Koch Industries includes plastics manufacturing.
http://reason.org/trustees_and_officers/ http://reason.org/trustees_and_officers/
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations
There is no disclosure of these facts in this report.
- wool_gather 10y agoI recognize the importance of skepticism about sources of information, but why would a paper like this need to specifically "disclose" one of the board members of its publishing organization?
- oxide 10y agoIt seems like a conflict of interest, IMO. This is very much a political topic. When you take into context where the funding came from, the "research" presented in this abysmal paper looks a lot more like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
- DavidAdams 10y agoBecause journalists and academics have a longstanding tradition of disclosing potential conflicts of interest, and therefore readers and scholars expect it. To do otherwise displays at best amateurism and at worst a deliberate attempt to hide bias.