Comments on: COWARD: David Benkof Quits NLGJA Panel In Huff http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/ TruthWinsOut.org is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the “ex-gay” myth and educates America about gay life. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: jw http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6657 jw Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:15:46 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6657 There are likely two choices: "yes" or "no". Shouldn't be too difficult -- unless there's something to hide. There are likely two choices: “yes” or “no”. Shouldn’t be too difficult — unless there’s something to hide.

]]> By: Wayne Besen http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6650 Wayne Besen Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:14:28 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6650 Bianco just gave me the amount of token money he allegedly made from all of his total columns - it isn't enough to pay the rent for one month in a housing project. If you add per hour researching and writing, it is not too far above minimum wage. So far, he won't answer if his screeds are backed by right wing money. I would love to know if any right wing organizations or "think tanks" are behind him. Bianco just gave me the amount of token money he allegedly made from all of his total columns - it isn’t enough to pay the rent for one month in a housing project. If you add per hour researching and writing, it is not too far above minimum wage.

So far, he won’t answer if his screeds are backed by right wing money. I would love to know if any right wing organizations or “think tanks” are behind him.

]]> By: Emily K http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6626 Emily K Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:02:28 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6626 Maybe he's living off of the money he made while he was with Q Syndicate, or the money he made when he sold it. Maybe he’s living off of the money he made while he was with Q Syndicate, or the money he made when he sold it.

]]> By: Wayne Besen http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6623 Wayne Besen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:41:46 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6623 It is a mystery how Bianco/Benkof is paying the bills. I would not doubt if a right wing group was funding his garbage. He claims to make money from his screeds, but this is highly doubtful. After all, mainstream newspapers don't pay for op-eds. It seems that Bianco may be misleading people as far as getting paid by these publications. Bianco seems to be all over the place, like a rootless hobo. His is currently in St. Louis. He will be in Seattle and Spokane in September. Then, he will be in New York City for the first five months of 2009. Or, until the mood strikes for him to ramble on once more. It is a mystery how Bianco/Benkof is paying the bills. I would not doubt if a right wing group was funding his garbage.

He claims to make money from his screeds, but this is highly doubtful. After all, mainstream newspapers don’t pay for op-eds. It seems that Bianco may be misleading people as far as getting paid by these publications.

Bianco seems to be all over the place, like a rootless hobo. His is currently in St. Louis. He will be in Seattle and Spokane in September. Then, he will be in New York City for the first five months of 2009. Or, until the mood strikes for him to ramble on once more.

]]> By: jw http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6622 jw Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:15:32 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6622 ". . . he boasted he was making a lot of money publishing in mainstream news publications." Even more odd is that I doubt mainstream papers would pay for a one-off opinion piece by an unsyndicated writer. I see his pieces scattershot in papers all over the country, but I'd love to see evidence that he's paid by the news outlets for those pieces. So where does Benkof get his funding, if any? Is he being paid by Maggie Gallagher's group, the National Organization for Marriage? The first pieces I saw from him that focused on marriage were on Gallagher's IMAPP site, where he was roundly praised. Soon after, he established his own blog and starting showing up on op-ed pages. He -- or someone -- is expending a great deal of time getting those items placed. “. . . he boasted he was making a lot of money publishing in mainstream news publications.”

Even more odd is that I doubt mainstream papers would pay for a one-off opinion piece by an unsyndicated writer.

I see his pieces scattershot in papers all over the country, but I’d love to see evidence that he’s paid by the news outlets for those pieces.

So where does Benkof get his funding, if any? Is he being paid by Maggie Gallagher’s group, the National Organization for Marriage? The first pieces I saw from him that focused on marriage were on Gallagher’s IMAPP site, where he was roundly praised. Soon after, he established his own blog and starting showing up on op-ed pages. He — or someone — is expending a great deal of time getting those items placed.

]]> By: gary http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6619 gary Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:38:01 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6619 Too Bad. I would have paid big money to see that. Too Bad. I would have paid big money to see that.

]]> By: Emily K http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/coward-david-benkof-quits-nlgja-panel-in-huff/#comment-6617 Emily K Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:06:02 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=723#comment-6617 He demanded you pay his airfare?? what exactly was his logic behind that?? He demanded you pay his airfare?? what exactly was his logic behind that??

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