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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by woodruffw on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:16PM (#26056828)
> Open secrets is an obviously biased source that believes there should be more gun control.

Do you have a source for this claim? They're listed as a nonpartisan organization online[1], and it seems as though their founders were a pair of Democratic and Republican senators. Their current lead project appears to be tracing the Biden administration's money, which doesn't feel like towing the line to me.

Edit: I found this conservative source[2], which refers to them as performing "left-wing" campaign finance advocacy. I think they're referring to the Citizens United decision, which has been a rallying point for every government watchdog that I know of. It occurs to me that (1) you could label just about anything as "left-wing" in this manner, and (2) campaign finance reform isn't something that most self-identified leftists would consider "left-wing" (being firmly in the "make government more transparent" category of political activity).

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Responsive_Politics

[2]: https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/center-for-respons...

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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by Anon1096 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @04:21PM (#26058298)
You can just read the page linked in the GP about gun spending. It's exceedingly obvious that they have a strong viewpoint on the issue.
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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by woodruffw on Sunday February 07, 2021 @04:32PM (#26058382)
"They have a strong viewpoint" is a not the same thing as "obviously biased." Conflating them is a rhetorical sleight of hand.

When I go to that page, I get a few grafs on recent mass shootings (which, barring conspiracy theories, everybody is presumably on board with having happened). Mentioning those at all indicates that they have a viewpoint, but I don't see anything that indicates that it biases their transparency work. There's nothing to justify the insinuation.

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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by COGlory on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:15PM (#26059461)
The examples gave about their data being incomplete, combined with the text on their page, paints a strong picture of bias.
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