[ April 26, 2024 ]
The Southern Poverty Law Center pulled down three Russia-related articles from its website after several challenged their accuracy.
The notorious defamers of all-things-conservative have been themselves called out, it appears.
The three articles were about connections between anti-elitist, anti-establishment political officials and Russia involved in U.S. operations.
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The Daily Caller News Foundation has more:
The left-wing nonprofit apologized on Wednesday for a March 9 article that linked left-wing writers and activists to Russians and white nationalists. The article sparked an intense backlash from the left-wingers, who accused the SPLC of smearing them with inaccurate accusations. One of the writers, Max Blumenthal, threatened legal action before the SPLC removed that article.
The SPLC also quietly pulled two other Russia-related articles by the same author, Portland State University lecturer Alexander Reid Ross.
The two articles, one on Feb. 8 and one on Feb. 21, each focused on drawing far-reaching Russian connections in American politics. Each article has since been replaced with an editor’s note saying the “post has been removed pending further review.”
In the March 9 article, for example, the SPLC suggested that Blumenthal became a Kremlin mouthpiece as a result of attending a gala for RT, a state-owned Russian media network.
“Blumenthal,” Ross wrote, “was not as clear of a spokesperson for Kremlin geopolitics before he appeared at the same RT gala as disgraced former National Security advisor Michael Flynn and the Green Party’s Jill Stein in December 2015.”
The SPLC did not return The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The SPLC has consistently courted controversy by labeling conservatives figures as “extremists” and conservative organizations as “hate groups.” (RELATED: SPLC Says Army Bases Are Confederate Monuments That Need To Come Down)
In October 2014, the SPLC labeled neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, who is now the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an “extremist” for his conservative political beliefs. After an intense backlash, the SPLC apologized to Dr. Carson four months later and retracted the accusation.
Floyd Lee Corkins, who opened fire at the Family Research Center (FRC) in 2012, said he targeted the FRC because the SPLC listed them as a “hate group.” The SPLC continues to label the FRC a “hate group” to this day.
The SPLC is helping YouTube police content on its platform, as part of YouTube’s “Trusted Flagger” program, The Daily Caller revealed last month. Following TheDC’s exclusive report, the SPLC confirmed their role in the program.
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10 Comments
6 years ago
The “Southern Party Law Center” has always been an Anti-American Anti-Christian Anti-Western Civilization Hate Group. To be fair, there are times when they correctly called certain individuals haters. But usually these are people who are extremist Right wing White-Christians. But they are nowhere near as big of a threat as Leftist haters….who the SPLC almost never condemn. The SPLC almost never calls out bigots who are non-White Christians who are hateful….like the non-White Christians coming from Africa and the Middle East. As far as I know, they have never denounced the tons of Muslim migrant hate crimes and violence in Europe. SPLC people are a bunch of Leftist hypocrites.
And their name “Southern POVERTY Law Center”…is a dumb name. These lawyers at SPLC are multi-millionaires because of their many exaggerated and bogus charges of “Hate crimes” against other people. They actually LOVE seeing hatred and bigotry….because WITHOUT IT….they would be out of business. That’s why some of their “hate crime” allegations have been hoaxes. Like their recent hoax/fake reports on Russia.
6 years ago
Sadly, SPLC, ACLU, CAIR and a slew of others are very well funded and very well politically connected !!!
6 years ago
The Splc has become a joke. It actually is a good resource to see what the leftist agenda. I have actually called some of the people on their list and they have been nice, interesting Americans. Try it yourself. It will be an experience you’ll never forget.
6 years ago
The SPLC credibility has been shot for years, only the MSM doesn’t know this.
6 years ago
Reply to
Ranger Rick
No. Left/liberals pro-jihadis use their fake “hate group” list to go after conservatives , patriots etc.
And now GUCCI has gone step further to come out with fashion designs to please jihadis/ISIS Left/liberal pro-jihadis https://tinyurl.com/y7k93bs9
insane ? As long as non-muslims don’t stop being Left/liberal pro-jihadi zombies they cannot be saved.
That is why Free media is only source of real news as MSM and even Social media are increasing used to shut down free speech so the abuses , takeover , brainwashing can continue………like cows being led to slaughter with music and grass to lead them on !
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6 years ago
Mistrusted flaggers.
6 years ago
splc a for profit clip joint taking suckers for what they can get.
6 years ago
SPLC is Anti Semitic and Racist
6 years ago
LOL! Since when are the left EVER concerned with truth? Anything coming out from the must be double checked, and then checked again for accuracy then discarded. It’s RUBBISH anyway. 😉
6 years ago
The SPLC haven’t gotten anything right in a very long time. The flushed their integrity and credibility in the 90’s, and are well beyond the capability to recover from it. Their joining with the corrupt propaganda media began the downfall.
