That I don’t know. Here is what the COO, Scott Rolfe told me when I checked into it:

“We do require a review fee when a producer or distributor submits their product to us regardless of the outcome or our ability to award our Dove Seal based upon our criteria. Our fees are much smaller than the MPAA charges for their rating service. Our seals are awarded based upon the content of a film as it compares to our standards and guidelines. We do not “fact check” documentaries for accuracy nor do we comment on doctrinal issues.”

I assume their guidelines would not allow racist content.

As an aside, all of the media awards require a fee to be paid to be eligible for the “award.”

So a racist website that claims the civil war had nothing to do with slavery and that blacks are an inferior race could get a Dove Foundation Seal of Approval as long as it doesn’t use the n-word?

Barton applying to an actual, accredited graduate program? LOL! (Why would he want to? He’s probably making more money the way things are!)

It gets better. From the bio:

“His work in media has merited several Angel Awards, Telly Awards, and the Dove Foundation Seal of Approval.”

The Angel Award has been discontinued because not enough people applied for them, you have to pay to apply for the Telly Award and if you win, you have to pay for your statue. The Dove Foundation Seal just means kids can watch the video without seeing or hearing anything naughty. The Foundation doesn’t fact check anything.

Meritocracy is for wimps. Mediocracy is where it’s at these days!

Yes, in plenty of ways, but unfortunately, the bubble in which he lives — i.e. the respect and admiration (and money) he gets from plying his trade in the conservative evangelical community — means that he is likely living a very comfortable, contented and (for him) fulfilling life.