Talk:Jonathan Fantini Porter

April 9, 2010, 11:34 AM MDT
Editor's Note - Deleted incorrect information that was apparently about the wrong person, per Jonathan Porter.
Anne Landman, CMD Editor

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April 9, 2010 11:31 AM MDT
Anne,

Thank you again for your assistance.

As I explained over the phone, the correct information is:

"Jonathan Fantini Porter is Policy Director to U.S. Representative Joseph Sestak.

While enrolled at Georgetown University, he was President of the Collegiate Forum and Editor of its publication, The Podium." All other information is not correct, including:

- "founded the Roosevelt Institution, which describes itself as a student think tank."

- "founded the American Policy Journal."

- "In June 2007, at 24, Fantini-Porter represented the United States at the Russian-Euro Atlantic Conference in Moscow while a student at Harvard University."

- "In 2003 Fantini Porter co-founded and was a partner in Denison & Porter, an investment company."

(Note from Jonathan Porter, April 9, 2010, 11:30 AM MDT)

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Editor's Note: Deleted the following external links, which apparently referenced the wrong person:

• Caitlin J. Noris, "The Young and the Idealistic: On Campus With Jonathan Fantini, Political Activist", Wall Street Journal (Classroom Edition), March 2007.
• Holly Edwards and Dominic Berbeo, "Dollar Days Area Young People Raising Funds for Afghan Children", Daily News (Los Angeles), October 13, 2001.
• "Jonathan Fantini Porter to Represent USA at Russian-NATO Conference", Media Release, Newswire, June 12, 2007.

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Pasting disputed information, reportedly incorrect in press releases, per Jonathan Porter:

Porter founded the American Policy Journal. In June 2007, at 24, Fantini-Porter represented the United States at the Russian-Euro Atlantic Conference in Moscow while pursuing graduate studies at Harvard University.

In 2003 Fantini Porter co-founded and was a partner in Denison & Porter, an investment company.

April 9, 2010 10:51 AM MDT

Corrections were made to the article per a telephone conversation with Mr. Porter. Following is the correspondence. Anne Landman, CMD Editor

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Dear Anne,

Thank you so very much for your assistance in resolving this matter.

Below, is my accurate profile:

"Jonathan Fantini Porter is Policy Director to U.S. Representative Joseph Sestak.

While enrolled at Georgetown University, he was President of the Collegiate Forum and Editor of its publication, The Podium."

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me by phone or e-mail. Your help in resolving this discrepancy is an enormous relief.

Best regards,

Jonathan Fantini Porter Office: 202.225.2011 Cell: 202.360.4943

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Porter, Jonathan <jonathan.porter1@mail.house.gov> wrote:

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From: Anne Landman[SMTP:ANNE@SOURCEWATCH.ORG] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:37:25 AM To: Porter, Jonathan Subject: SourceWatch profile Auto forwarded by a Rule

Dear Mr. Porter,

I have received your request to update your profile on SourceWatch. We sincerely apologize for the problems caused by inaccuracies in your profile. We do try and maintain strict referencing standards on SourceWatch, but as a wiki (user-contributed database), it is always a work in progress.

There are several ways to update the page: 1) You can create an account on SourceWatch and update/correct the information yourself, or 2) we can do it for you, if you tell us specifically what is incorrect (so we can remove it), and provide authoritative references for any additional information.

While we discourage people from creating pages on themselves, we do allow people to edit pages on themselves, within reason, as long as the information is backed up with suitable references.

Thank you for contacting us and bringing the errors to our attention.

Anne

Anne Landman Managing Editor Center for Media and Democracy anne@sourcewatch.org

Edit note

I removed the following par from the article page -- it was supported by a dead link. The Denison & Porter page is not in the Internet archive but it would perhaps be worth checking open secrets but I'm out of time right now.--Bob Burton 20:06, 30 October 2008 (EDT)

D & P is a supporter of progressive-democratic causes. Denison & Porter", undated, accessed June 2007.