:::::Getting back to substance, it is interesting to me that the criticism of the SPLC by highly respected charity watchdogs, well-known journalists, and well-known progressive thinkers and activists doesn't seem to have been met with anything like an equally weighty and cogent response from third party reliable source defenders. I remember a previous discussion concerning Hillary Clinton's association with Media Matters for America. Someone observed that relatively few major media outlets linked the two together. I made the counter-point that among those outlets that actually covered Media Matters most either described or assumed a link between the two. I think the situation here may be somewhat similar. Among the charity watchdog orgs., journalists, and political commentators who have actually devoted some time to studying the SPLC's financial operation, which ones have mounted a rousing defense of it?