CNN's 4 hours on Bush 41 funded by Bush Library!

From Media Matters, quoting WaPo:

CNN prides itself on doing thorough, tough and unbiased patdowns of politics, crime and current events. Just don’t expect to see that formula Sunday night at 9 p.m., when CNN will broadcast something called “41ON41.” According to a press release, this piece of work will provide a “unique, multidimensional profile of President George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, from 41 extraordinary storytellers who know the president best.”

Have a look at the loyalties of those 41 storytellers, per the release:

Roger Ailes – former campaign advisor to Bush
James A. Baker III – former secretary of state for Bush
Susan Baker – wife of James Baker, longtime family friend
Jean Becker – post-presidential chief of staff for Bush
Tom Brokaw – former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Billy Busch – fishing companion
George W. Bush – 43rd president of the United States
Jeb Bush – former governor of Florida
Jeb Bush Jr. – Bush’s grandson
Marvin Bush – Bush’s son
Neil Bush – Bush’s son
Pierce Bush – Bush’s grandson
Andrew Card -– former White House deputy chief of staff for Bush
Buddy Carter – White House butler
Dana Carvey – comedian
Bill Clinton – 42nd President of the United States
Michael Dannenhauer – former personal aide to Bush
David Demarest – former White House communications director for Bush
Sgt. First Class Michael Elliott – U.S. Army Golden Knight
Marlin Fitzwater – former White House press secretary for Bush
Robert Gates – former director of the CIA under Bush
Bruce Gelb – classmate of George Bush at Phillips Andover Academy
Boyden Gray – former White House legal counsel for Bush
Brit Hume – former senior White House correspondent at ABC News
Sarah Jackson – alumna, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Doro Bush Koch – Bush’s daughter
Mike Krzyzewski (“Coach K”) – Duke University men’s basketball coach
John Magaw – former director of the U.S. Secret Service
John Major – former British prime minister
David McCullough – historian and author
Adm. DeWolfe Miller – former commander of the U.S.S George H. W. Bush
Jim Nantz – sports commentator
Barack Obama – 44th president of the United States
Arnold Palmer – Hall of Fame golfer
Gen. Colin Powell – former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush
Gabe Pressman – WNBC-TV correspondent
Dan Quayle – 44th vice president of the United States
Condoleezza Rice – former special assistant to Bush for national security
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft -– former national security advisor for Bush
Alan Simpson -– former U.S. senator from Wyoming
John H. Sununu -– former White House chief of staff for Bush

See a pattern here?

Other fun facts: It’s co-executive produced by Mary Kate Cary, a former White House speechwriter for Bush (the other is renowned TV news producer Rick Kaplan). And it’s funded by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/06/13/why-is-cnn-airing-a-film-funded-by-the-geoge-h-w-bush-presidential-library-foundation/