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“This is the consistent pattern in [Sunny] Bains’s story [about the Templeton Foundation]. The problem is not that her conclusions are demonstrably wrong – she may well be right about Templeton, and she may even have gathered evidence which would support her conclusions. But the story she wrote is not convincing. Key assertions are couched in equivocal language that relies on her judgment or her assumptions, not on any evidence offered to the reader. Obvious opportunities for detailed investigation – financial records, grantmaking decisions, interviews with Templeton staff, interviews with grantees, examination of correspondence between grantees and Templeton – are entirely absent. The investigation seems to have consisted of a careful examination of Google results.”