From Deseret News archives:
Globe reporting of LDS e-mail unfair
But my interest soon shifted from alleged campaign infractions to obvious journalistic infractions. Theoretically, news is published only if it's factual, balanced and fair. I guess in this case, The Globe thought one out of three was close enough.
I'll give The Globe credit for printing the facts, though I had to wade through a lot of innuendo to find them. What's the factual bottom line buried in the more than 3,000 words that comprise the two stories? It's that the dean and associate dean of a Mormon Church-owned business school sent an e-mail to 150 graduates and friends of the school. The e-mail asked recipients to respond if they were interested in participating in Romney's campaign.
The school is part of the church's nonprofit, tax-exempt business structure, and such political engagement can invalidate tax- exempt status. School management was informed of the potential violation, admitted the mistake, vowed it would not be repeated and agreed to ignore all responses to the e-mail.
It's with this second group of facts that unbalanced Globe innuendo comes into play. When you read the account, you can't escape the impression that Elder Holland was orchestrating a sinister plot on behalf of the church, despite the fact that Elder Holland emphatically denies it.
Romney's political action committee agrees with Elder Holland, attributing the mistaken impression to the fact that political consultant Stirling "got over-enthusiastic and overstepped his bounds."
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