Glenn Greenwald - Progressive or Liberaltarian?

[MineralMan]

71. I don't think so. The one who pays is the

one setting the rules, not the one who is paid. That's always been my understanding when I've taken money to do work for someone. Political organizations like Cato tend to fund people who will validate Cato's positions. The same is true for most political organizations, it seems to me.

For example, I had a request to write the content for a website for a conservative candidate for a state office here in Minnesota in 2010, through the web designer I normally work with. I turned down the contract, because I wouldn't be able to write anything positive about that candidate, and that would have been the job. Had I taken the contract, I would have been obligated to cast him in the best possible light. I can't do that, because I have higher principles than that. So, I did without the money I would have earned for that content.