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A Closer Look at Pat Robertson

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MangyTiger
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09-10-2005 9:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 133 by crashfrog
09-09-2005 6:55 PM

Racist, con artist - who knows what else
We get an edited version of ABC World News Tonight on BBC News 24 over here.
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There was an article on Friday night about Operation Blessing being listed on the FEMA site (they said it was second on the list but either they were wrong or it has since been demoted to fourth).
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I suppose I shouldn't be surprised but my jaw did drop with the revelation that:
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According to its most recent filing with the Internal Revenue Service, Operation Blessing gave more than half of its yearly allocation of cash donations ” $885,000 ” to the Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, of which Robertson is also the chairman.
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I know Operation Blessing did have an explanation for this, but if it walks like a duck...
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I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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MangyTiger
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09-12-2005 7:43 PM 		Reply to: Message 135 by clpMINI
09-12-2005 11:13 AM

Re: Racist, con artist - who knows what else
From what I saw of the ABC story, first the director of Operation Blessing said that they never gave any money to CBN, but when confronted by the actually numbers, he said he wasn't going to talk about accounting practices.
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That's right.
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The 'explanation' I was refering to was given later in the piece (this is from the link to ABC News I gave):
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A spokesman for Operation Blessing later told ABC News that the charity utilizes Robertson's television network as a conduit for delivering donations overseas, and that none of the money has been used for network activities.
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I wouldn't particularly doubt that the money wasn't used for network activities - my guess is that it's in a location beyond the reach of the IRS and fiscal regulators - Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or somewhere like that.
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I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
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