Talk:Carlton Sherwood

message: need some stuff about his work at the Washington Times.  also, i saw something about a book he wrote on the Unification Church, probably need that too. Wolfman 20:13, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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:Sherwood himself had previously worked for the Washington Times, owned by members of the Unification Church.
Why was this in the article? Was it meant to smear Sherwood, or what?
There is no doubt that Sherwood did work at the Washington Times. AFAIK he joined them (in part) to "check them out" but found to his surprise that there was "no story there". Just a nice bunch of guys who didn't drink to excess or cheat on their wives. 
This led to his curiousity about why people were saying so many bad things about Rev. Moon. If the guys in the newswroom were decent chaps, why would the paper's founder be bad? (good tree cannot bear bad fruit, etc.) So he started digging into it and found all sorts of surprises.
We really should have an article on his book. I would write it myself, but then Wikipedians might say that Uncle Ed (that's me!) has a conflict of interest. I hardly ever write or even correct any article related to the Unification Church, unless it's in response to someone's request.
Sherwood matters, because he produced a video (Stolen Honor or Stolen Legacy?) critical of Kerry and company. And that relates to the current mess at Winter Soldier Investigation which somebody asked me to take a look at. 
Somebody really ought to take a look at the book, instead of relying completely on PBS. Uncle Ed 18:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Conflict of interest: Washington Times, Rev. Moon, ''Inquisition''

message: Steven Scott reported:
:African-Americans have identified with Moon since he served a 13-month federal prison sentence in Danbury, Conn., for tax evasion in the early 1980s.
::"The support that he got while he was in prison really came from African-American clergy," 
:said Bill Reed, a tour spokesman in Washington, D.C. 
::"There was a tremendous amount of controversy surrounding his imprisonment. Many thought he had been railroaded into prison because the U.S. government wanted to get him out of the country. African-American ministers saw his plight as being very similar to their plight." 
This is obviously not Sherwood speaking, but someone connected with the Unification Church. A "spokesman" for a 46-state speaking tour by Rev. Moon would have to be either a church member or a close supporter. Not a bystander or fence-straddler.
:I'm not really sure what the point of including this would be, it seems like it would drag this article far too close to becoming a debate on the merits of Rec. Moon and his church as opposed to this book on the church. Gamaliel 18:03, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Moon railroaded

message: Rory O'Connor casts doubt on Sherwood's credibility here: 
:Is Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed Messiah, True Father, and major media magnate, out to get John Kerry? Award-winning investigative producer Robert Parry thinks so, and recently laid out his case in a detailed report ("Kerry Attacker Protected Rev. Moon") on his web site.
:As I reported last week (Sinclair Plays Fast and Loose with the News) Carlton Sherwood, producer of the controversial anti-Kerry film "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," wrote an investigative book in the 1980s looking into the activities of Sun Myung Moon and followers in the Unification Church. In "Inquisition: The Prosecution and Persecution of Reverend Sun Myung Moon," Sherwood concluded that Moon and his associates "were and continued to be the victims of the worst kind of religious prejudice and racial bigotry this country has witnessed in over a century."
:But, as was revealed in "The Resurrection of Reverend Moon," my 1992 documentary for the PBS Frontline series, there is ample reason to question Sherwood's conclusions, since evidence exists that Moon subsidized the book -- promising to purchase 100,000 copies of Inquisition -- and that he played a role in the creation of it. A letter, addressed to Moon from his aide James Gavin, stated that Gavin had reviewed the "overall tone and factual contents" of Inquisition before publication and had suggested revisions.
:"Mr. Sherwood has assured me that all this will be done when the manuscript is sent to the publisher," Gavin wrote. "When all of our suggestions have been incorporated, the book will be complete and in my opinion will make a significant impact. In addition to silencing our critics now, the book should be invaluable in persuading others of our legitimacy for many years to come." 
I don't know if this consitutes an "attempt to discredit" or not, but he seems to be arguing that:
#Gavin supports Moon
#Sherwood let Gavin see his manuscript before publication
#Sherwood agreed to incorporate revisions suggested by Gavin
#Sherwood was once employed by a Moonie newspaper
#Therefore Sherwood's book is nothing but a whitewash of the Moonies and should be discounted and ignored entirely
Sorry, I'm writing this before work and I'm rushed. I'm not sure I've got O'Connor's conclusion exactly write - but he certainly seems anti-Sherwood to me. Uncle Ed 12:13, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
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:, Sherwood charged that Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund was misspending and  stealing money intended for construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.  
Did he actually say "stealing", or did he just note that 9 million minus 2 point something leaves a hefty balance? Uncle Ed 21:53, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vietnam Memorial

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