Talk:Andrew P. Hull

On October 5, anon IP #67.122.200.97, identifying herself as Hull's daughter Connie, posted the following comments to the article space for Andrew P. Hull. Since they consist of first-person commentary which is inappropriate for the article itself, I have quoted the salient points and have moved the full text of the comments here. Connie Hull wrote:

Talk about Disinfo! My father never did a thing in his life to aid and abet anything remotely resembling Right Wing politics. Quite the contrary!

As a young man, he was a left-leaning Democrat who helped Abe Ribicoff become elected governor of Connecticut, and he was a life-long community activist for progressive social and environmental causes. So much so that one wonders what else here is misinformation.

Andy died in 1999; I'm not sure how much time he got to spend on the web - but he would have loved this site. How sad to see him being "spun" in error.

- Connie Hull

Of course, the open source nature of the SourceWatch means that we can't vouch for the accuracy of everything that appears here, but our goal is to continually improve the fairness and accuracy of articles. Accordingly, I have written a brief bio of Andrew Hull, based on an obituary of him and on Connie's comments. In point of fact, however, I don't believe that there was any misinformation about Hull on this website prior to these revisions. He was only mentioned here in passing, when he was listed as a member of the board of advisors of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. This mention indeed appears to be accurate, judging from the fact that CFACT's website still lists him as such. Moreover, a characterization of CFACT as "conservative" or "libertarian" certainly seems fair, judging from CFACT's website. Perhaps Hull didn't see his relationship with CFACT as something that aided right-wing politics, but the article didn't state that he "aided right-wing politics." It merely stated that he was a member of CFACT's board of advisors. --Sheldon Rampton 01:30, 6 Oct 2004 (EDT)