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== Media Funding & Objectivity ==
According to a report in the Seattle Times, the Gates Foundation has become a force in journalism, and contributes millions of dollars to nonprofit and for-profit media to help cover issues of interest to the foundation. Not just MSNBC, but also ABC, NPR, PBS, and Public Radio, as well as others. Many worry that its growing support of media organizations blur the line between journalism and advocacy.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Doughton | first=Sandi | coauthors=Kristi Heim | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014280379_gatesmedia.html | title=Does Gates funding of media taint objectivity? | date=2011-02-19 | publisher=The Seattle Times | quote=Better-known for its battles against global disease, the Gates Foundation has also become a force in journalism. The foundation's contributions to nonprofit and for-profit media have helped spur coverage of global health, development and education issues. But some people worry that its growing support of media organizations blurs the line between journalism and advocacy. | accessdate=2011-02-22
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This seems to apply particularly to some of the Foundation flag programs, such as the Voluntary Male Circumcision initiatives for Africa, where according to a journalist, "as a government policy, it appears circumcision is reluctantly promoted by some MPs because other health-related and donor-funded initiatives are tied to this programme."<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Mukundu | first=Rashweat | coauthors= | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201210011022.html | title=Zimbabwe: Will Circumcision Change Behaviour or Reinforce Machismo? | date=2012-10-01 | publisher=All Africa | quote=As a government policy, it appears circumcision is reluctantly promoted by some MPs because other health-related and donor-funded initiatives are tied to this programme. | accessdate=2012-10-02
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=== The case of the disappearing articles ===
An article "Circumcision does not affect HIV in U.S. men" disappeared from MSN<ref>{{REFnews
| last=MSNBC | first= | coauthors= | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22096758/#.UGuqPZjR7Sh | title=Circumcision does not affect HIV in U.S. men | date= | publisher= | quote=Text: We're sorry. The text content of this page is no longer available.
Discuss: Circumcision does not affect HIV in U.S. men
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Removing foreskin no protection for American men of color, study finds
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The same article (or an article with the same title) is still available in Reuters<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Fox | first=Maggie | coauthors= | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/12/04/us-aids-circumcision-idUSN0345545120071204 | title=Circumcision does not affect HIV in U.S. men | date=2009-12-04 | publisher=MSNBC | quote=Black and Latino men were just as likely to become infected with the AIDS virus whether they were circumcised or not, Greg Millett of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
"We also found no protective benefit for a subset of black MSM (men who have sex with men) who also had recent sex with female partners," Millett told reporters in a telephone briefing.
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However, again the information is still available in other places:<REF>{{REFnews
| last=Mundell | first=E. J. | coauthors= | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030500357.html | title=Scientists discover natural barrier to HIV | date=2007-03-05 | publisher=Washington Post | quote=Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS more contained than it might otherwise be.
Even more important, enhancing the activity of this protein, called Langerin, could be a potent new way to curtail the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the Dutch scientists added.
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== Quotes ==
{{Citation
| Title=Circumcision Studies | Text=[[Bertran Auvert]], is so modest about his work, but he has new theories that we're putting money behind and he is just making it work. | Author=[[Bill Gates]] | Source=Newsweek| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/24/saving-the-world-2-0.html Lyons, D. (2010, January 10). Saving the world, 2.0. ''Newsweek.'']</ref>
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{{Citation
| Title=Circumcision is... | Text=...cheap, effective, and easy to apply | Author=[[Bill Gates]] | Source=Reuters| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation= | ref=<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/19/us-aids-efficiency-idUSTRE66I2MZ20100719 Kelland, K. (2010, July 19). Bill Clinton & Bill Gates want value for money in AIDS fight. ''Reuters.'']</ref>
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Holy Water Healing.<ref name='holy-water-healing'>{{REFweb
| quote=Can science and faith work together to fight HIV and tuberculosis? | last= | first= | publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | year= | title=Holy Water Healing | url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/videos/Pages/default.aspx#video=/livingproofproject/Pages/holy-water-healing.aspx&pager=0&filter=&autostart=true | accessdate=2011-03-24
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[[File:Holy_Water_Healing.PNG |312px]]
==Sadism==
Crying Baby Symphony.<ref>{{REFweb
| last=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | first= | year= | title=Crying Baby Symphony | url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/videos/Pages/default.aspx#video=/vaccines/Pages/crying-baby-symphony.aspx&pager=0&filter=&autostart=true | accessdate=2011-06-27
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