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Offline Alan

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How do you know whether a civil organization is trustworthy or not?
« on: September 26, 2019, 07:15:47 PM »
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    • How do you tell??
    What are the criteria?
    If you haven't got a list of their publications, haven't got a list of their articles,  how could you tell only from a description?
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    Offline Nadir

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    Re: How do you know whether a civil organization is trustworthy or not?
    « Reply #1 on: September 27, 2019, 12:37:29 AM »
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    • What is the civil organisation?
    Where is the description coming from?
    Your question is far too vague to try to answer.
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    Re: How do you know whether a civil organization is trustworthy or not?
    « Reply #2 on: September 27, 2019, 12:41:39 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 27, 2019, 12:37:29 AM
    What is the civil organisation?
    Where is the description coming from?
    Your question is far too vague to try to answer.

    1) I mean any organisation which is not run by the government and not run by the Church, e.g. the Heritage Foundation, American Family Association, Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family & Property, etc.

    2) An overall description of the organisation, either from within or outside of it. For example: this is one for the Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/about-heritage/mission
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    Re: How do you know whether a civil organization is trustworthy or not?
    « Reply #3 on: September 27, 2019, 03:36:56 AM »
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    • In the case of the link you gave, I noted who writes for them (never heard of any of them) so then I opened up their page and read who is prepared to publish them.

    E.g., I clicked on Our Team, then went to Luke Coffey. In his full bio I see ... ...Digital outlets for his work include Huffington Post, CNN.com, Foreign Policy Magazine, FoxNews.com, Al Jazeera, The National Interest, The Daily Caller, Politico, National Review Online, and Merco Press. That gives me the idea to be wary of  his material. But that's just me.

    Also below each of Our Teams entries is a link to their writings.

    The more you read and learn the more you get a sense of whether to trust or not. 
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    Re: How do you know whether a civil organization is trustworthy or not?
    « Reply #4 on: September 27, 2019, 05:00:43 PM »
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    • I look for partnerships.   Who they shake hands with.  For example the program "domestic violence" under catholic charities partnerships with Planned Parenthood.

    Sometimes I google the org's name and add words to the search, maybe another org. I don't like or words like contraception, abortion just anything that comes to mind.
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