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The Society was moderately active in the 1960s with numerous chapters, but rarely engaged in coalition building with other conservatives. The singular focus of JBS was against communism. But the [[mainstream media]] so relentlessly smeared JBS that quasi-conservative groups, such as [[William F. Buckley]] and his ''National Review'', regularly attacked [[Robert Welch]] and JBS, perhaps to gain favor with [[liberals]]. Buckley was ultimately given a show on [[PBS]].
The Society was moderately active in the 1960s with numerous chapters, but rarely engaged in coalition building with other conservatives. The singular focus of JBS was against communism. But the [[mainstream media]] so relentlessly smeared JBS that quasi-conservative groups, such as [[William F. Buckley]] and his ''National Review'', regularly attacked [[Robert Welch]] and JBS, perhaps to gain favor with [[liberals]]. Buckley was ultimately given a show on [[PBS]].
Eisenhower cabinet member [[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leading [[Mormon]], spoke in favor of the John Birch Society, but in January 1963, the Mormon church issued a statement distancing itself from JBS.<ref>Gregory A. Prince, "The Red Peril, the Candy Maker, and the Apostle: David O. Mckay's Confrontation with Communism," ''Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought'' 2004 37(2): 37-94,</ref> In 2010, the American Conservative Union allowed it to be a co-sponsor of [[CPAC]], a leading conservative conference. In 2012, the American Conservative Union board voted to not invite the JBS to [[CPAC]].
Eisenhower cabinet member [[Ezra Taft Benson]], a leading [[Mormon]], spoke in favor of the John Birch Society, but in January 1963, the Mormon church issued a statement distancing itself from JBS.<ref>Gregory A. Prince, "The Red Peril, the Candy Maker, and the Apostle: David O. Mckay's Confrontation with Communism," ''Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought'' 2004 37(2): 37-94,</ref> In 2010, the [[American Conservative Union]] (ACU) allowed it to be a co-sponsor of [[CPAC]], a leading conservative conference. In 2012, the ACU board voted to not invite the JBS to CPAC.
==Liberal and establishment smears against JBS==
==Liberal and establishment smears against JBS==