Billionaire Barre Seid gave his company to a conservative nonprofit organization in 2020 and 2021, which then immediately sold it. Why is Seid's money “dark money,” and Chouinard's money “philanthropy”? To give their argument added weight, they framed it as part of a bigger question: "One is a dark money, big money story. You see, it’s not just about the fact that the New York Times editors agree with the goals of one and disagree with the aims of the other. Remember back during the lockdowns, when New York Times writer Charlie Warzel wrote that protesting was a horrible sin, only to turn around and write that he loved protests?

Source: New York Times September 16, 2022 19:16 UTC