In an Aug. 15 NewsBusters post, Paul Wilson complains that a Huffington Post blogger referended “Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center deems a hate group.” To Wilson, this was an “attack” and a “slam” on the FRC, “whose members were targeted by a gunman less than three hours earlier” before the Huffington Post made the post live; Wilson went on to smear the SPLC as “left-wing hacks.”
But the Huffington Post blogger was simply stating a fact — the SPLC did call the FRC a “hate group.” That’s not something that’s open to debate, nor is it an “attack.” You can dispute whether the FRC actually is a hate group, but it’s unambiguously true that the SPLC called them that.
This is just another example of the MRC being opposed to telling the truth when that truth makes conservatives look bad.