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Brock and the Glock: Armed men guarded Media Matters boss as he took $400,000 gun control donation
Published February 16, 2012
| FoxNews.com
- Media MattersShown here is Media Matters founder David Brock.
The recent revelation that the head of
Media Matters walked the streets of Washington with a Glock-toting
bodyguard may make it a little awkward for the group the next time it
seeks a donation from a gun control advocacy group.
Media Matters reportedly took more than
$400,000 from the Joyce Foundation specifically earmarked to promote a
$600,000 initiative on "gun and public safety issues." At the same time,
Media Matters' gun-guarded boss David Brock reportedly obsessed over
his own security.
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"It doesn't look good," said Fraser Seitel,
president of Emerald Partners Communications and a public relations
expert who authored the book "Rethinking Reputation."
"But it is a gray area in terms of public
relations. Since (Media Matters) is so anti-NRA, to have their members
packing heat leaves them open to criticism," he said.
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