[hansjorg]

Their opinions on Turkey might be fair, but beware that Freedom House is basically an arm of the US State Department.

[ashtonkem]

If you’re not going to contest their conclusions, what was the point of bringing that up?

[SahAssar]

Acknowledging bias is worthwhile even if the conclusion might be the same.

[ashtonkem]

It’s also a good way to cast doubt on something indirectly, without having to explicitly enumerate any factual disagreements.

[hansjorg]

This is a GO masquerading as an NGO. A caveat lector is appropriate whenever someone brings them up.

[brnt]

I was with you until your used to word 'masquerading'. Nothing about Freedom House is a masquerade. If you don't share sources, then don't please write such things.

[edit] Can't reply below: Freedom House is NOT the State Department. They're a funder, but not the only one. So your description still in incorrect or requires sourcing.

[hansjorg]

They're masquerading in the sense that a newspaper will write 'According to NGO Freedom House...' rather than 'According to the US State Department'.

They're not masquerading in the sense that they try to hide where the money comes from, but to the majority that read their materials, this won't be apparent.

[enraged_camel]

>>I was with you until your used to word 'masquerading'. Nothing about Freedom House is a masquerade.

If they are a government organization then the domain needs to be .gov.

.org gives the perception of NGO.

[ferzul]

you can reply below; you just need to click on the post's time to get the post in a new page.