Just HOW Incompetent and UNETHICAL Is MCI (Ben Volin)?

shmessy said:

https://twitter.com/BenVolin/status/610140926208557057


Ben VolinVerified account ‏@BenVolin 3h3 hours ago
Kraft Foundation is a corporate supporter of the American Enterprise Institute, author of latest #Deflategate report http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/american-enterprise-

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     BradFalchuk ‏@BFalchuk 19m19 minutes ago
     @BenVolin the tool you use to deliver a story should have no bearing on the level of veracity with which you confirm if the story is true
     
     
     
     
     Ben Volin ‏@BenVolin 18m18 minutes ago
     @BFalchuk I agree
     
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     BradFalchuk ‏@BFalchuk 11m11 minutes ago
     @BenVolin there is actually a great article in this. The way that reporters using Twitter drove this whole deflategate story.
     

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   ProjectRoto ‏@ProjectRoto 3h3 hours ago
   @BenVolin @Odd_Hack I could be wrong, but I believe that's the Kraft food entity. Not Bob Kraft
   

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  Odd Hack ‏@Odd_Hack 2h2 hours ago
  @ProjectRoto @BenVolin You're probably right...
  

ProjectRoto ‏@ProjectRoto 2h2 hours ago
ProjectRoto retweeted Ben Volin

@Odd_Hack @BenVolin kinda irresponsible for him to tweet that out and then follow up with this: https://twitter.com/benvolin/status/610147402771746817… #Journalism101

ProjectRoto added,

Ben Volin @BenVolin
Unclear if Kraft Foundation is related to Robert Kraft and family. Trying to find out

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     Odd Hack ‏@Odd_Hack 2h2 hours ago
     @ProjectRoto @BenVolin I just saw that undid the retweet. Pretty sloppy.
     
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     ProjectRoto ‏@ProjectRoto 2h2 hours ago
     @Odd_Hack @BenVolin yep. It's the Mac & cheese group. He's still researching a half hour later tho apparently. Oh and his link was from 2006
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     Uptown Funch ‏@wsky_tango_fxt 2h2 hours ago
     @ProjectRoto @Odd_Hack somebody called him "tennis ball head" in the replies. I'm dying.
     
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     ProjectRoto ‏@ProjectRoto 2h2 hours ago
     @wsky_tango_fxt @Odd_Hack I'm still dumbfounded that he tweeted that and then followed up with "I'm still checking on that though"
     
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     ProjectRoto ‏@ProjectRoto 2h2 hours ago
     @wsky_tango_fxt @Odd_Hack essentially he's saying that the Kraft Group (not Patriot-related) was on the AEI board in 2006. HUGE scoop lol

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primetime said:

I've spent most of my adult life working at think tanks. Grants come with very specific reporting requirements. Think tanks aren't Google. There's no 20% projects. You have to bill your time to a project. If there was no financial incentive for AEI here, AEI resources weren't being used; the authors may have been able to put it up on a personal blog or something, but not with the AEI brand and not on AEI time.



I agree. AEI is well-known as a think tank whose staff time can be bought by coming to them with an individual donation and asking for a study. That's why, I suspect, AEI was the one who ultimately was approached to do this.

I don't think it's particularly problematic, for what it's worth. As others have noted, the Wells report was paid for. In the end, all research is.

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primetime said:

The Wells report was also done "independently" but was most certainly paid for. Similarly, AEI had to get paid for it somehow - those infographics and reports don't edit and compile themselves. Staff time is valuable. They're also not required to disclose individual donations, so why would they? The only thing they were ethically required to report is that they have no financial stake in the outcome of the investigation, which is 100% true regardless.

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robertweathers said:

Hes probably DIKEMBE.

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102 Pat said:

Unfollowing him from twitter in the pre-season last year was the best thing I could of done in a long time.

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JoeSixPat said:

I'm sure Ben Volin won't mind if I do a search of the sex offender database, find someone with the name B. Volin and start a story that says he's a pedophile or something like that

Just an honest mistake... there's really no need for me to verify such a story

I can always apologize later after I have a few million people believing that he's a child molester

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Ross12 said:

Gotta be Gymrat.

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Tony2046 said:

BenJamin Volin Arrested!!! In Falmouth Maine for OUI.

http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2012/08/29/falmouth-police-beat-aug-30/133378

Falmouth Police Beat: Aug. 30
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Arrests
8/18 at 3:00 p.m. Benjamin Volin, 27, of Middle Road, was arrested on Falmouth Road by Officer Steven Hamilton on charges of operating under the influence and operating an unregistered vehicle.



I'll get back to you later on whether this is the same Volin or not. Until then I will keep this posted until further notice.


EDITED: Google just confirmed Ben Volin is not related to the other Ben Volin. I regret the error and apologize to the Dorito Dink.

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Tony2046 said:

Who gives a crap who paid for the report? If one report states 2+2=5 and the other states 2+2=4 it doesn't matter who funded it. One is BS and one isn't.

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aluminum seats said:

Who pays for reports is significant.

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robertweathers said:

Hes probably DIKEMBE.

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aluminum seats said:

Who pays for reports is significant.

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Tony2046 said:

I understand what you mean but I disagree. What is significant is the validity of the report and the reputation of the organization that created it. I do understand that who funded it can play a roll in the argument but if the reported facts and conclusions hold up against scrutiny, the "who funded it" concern becomes insignificant.

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