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Organization

Capital Research Center

A conservative research and advocacy group that investigates liberal nonprofits, donors and activists. It publishes findings used to challenge their influence and argues for free markets and limited government.

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New York Post · September 25, 2026 · 6:30 a.m. ET

Role in this piece: Employer of both quoted critics

The Post wanted you to think Sam Altman is fine with killing babies. Here’s how they built it.

Verdict on the piece: Propaganda

The piece: “Father of AI-doomer ideology Effective Altruism backed bestiality, said newborn baby worth less than a hog”

Both of the Post’s critics come from CRC.

The article relies on Scott Walter and Parker Thayer for its criticism of Singer, effective altruism and AI-safety advocates. Singer’s reply comes near the end.

Their shared employer doesn’t make either of them wrong. It does mean both of the story’s main critics speak from one organization.

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September 22, 2026

Three days earlier, CRC had already raised the competition argument.

A description of its Who Funds That? podcast featuring Thayer asks whether AI-safety warnings serve a strategy to keep competitors out. The Post article, dated September 25, quotes a similar concern.

That’s CRC’s public argument, on the record. It doesn’t show a private arrangement with the newspaper, and it doesn’t prove the motives it alleges.