Reply #1: I wouldn't condemn RSF outright...

[punpirate]

... because they've taken money from questionable sources. But, damn, they're reporters--they must know how NED expects it money to be used, if only because the RSF has associated reporters in Venezuela, for example.

It's a bad practice, of that there is no question. If one takes highly partisan money, the organization is open to charges of partisanship. it's that simple.