Recently the Church came under attack in the media due to revised declarations of contributions to Prop 8. I was disappointed by the lack of thoroughness in the reporting. From my perspective, the LA Times coverage was deceptive and biased. The most recent article was posted on a blog at their website on February 11th, 2009. It mentions that the Church spent over $180,000 but neglects to mention that this was in-kind. No actual money was contributed. The total includes things like meals and flight expenses for church leaders traveling to meetings and the like.
An earlier report they filed on January 31, 2009 in the main newspaper (not a blog), represents the donation in such a way that it could be construed as violating law. They only use quotes by groups accusing the church of misrepresenting their contributions and not filing properly. No where in the article is mentioned that the Church had been filed several times since July 1st. No where was mentioned that the last day to file was January 31st so that the Church's contribution was actually submitted ahead of the deadline.
To get a more complete view of the church filings, I wish they would run an article to correct these glaring omissions. The information is available on church's website:
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/media-reports-on-proposition-8-filing-uninformed
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/church-clarifies-proposition-8-filing-corrects-erroneous-news-reports
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