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(46,337 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:15 PM Apr 2015

The NY Times loses it, completely.

They ran a fake story. Again.

NY Times Invents Former Clinton Foundation Ban On Foreign Donations

The New York Times is urging the Clinton Foundation to reinstitute a ban that never existed on accepting donations from foreign governments.

The Times editorial board wrote on April 23 that now that Hillary Clinton is running for president, the international nonprofit "needs to reinstate the ban on donations from foreign governments for the rest of her campaign -- the same prohibition that was in place when she was in the Obama administration." Likewise, an April 23 Times news article stated that the Foundation recently "limited donations from foreign governments," but that the new policy "stops short of Mrs. Clinton's agreement with the Obama administration, which prohibited all foreign government donations while she served as the nation's top diplomat."

In fact, the 2008 memorandum of understanding entered into by the Clinton Foundation and then-President-Elect Barack Obama did not ban foreign government donations. Instead, it stated that if Hillary Clinton were confirmed as secretary of state, the Foundation would "continue to perform" its activities "on behalf of existing foreign country contributors and in fulfillment of existing and on-going commitments."

The Clinton Foundation's board agreed earlier this month to return to a similar policy given Clinton's run for president. They will "permit donations from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the U.K. -- countries that support or have supported Clinton Foundation programs on health, poverty and climate change," according to the Wall Street Journal.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/04/24/ny-times-invents-former-clinton-foundation-ban/203409

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The NY Times loses it, completely. (Original Post) Archae Apr 2015 OP
Did they make Judith Miller editor-in-chief? KamaAina Apr 2015 #1
Teachers going to prison/jail for something, about tests? Judges and politicians destroying NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #2
I used to subscribe to NYTimes online, but... JaneyVee Apr 2015 #3
Reading a Dowd column is like One of the 99 Apr 2015 #4
Yeah she writes like soap operas. NYT readers deserve better. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #7
There's a pain in the brain in my head and it won't go away. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #5
someone has paid off the nyt youceyec Apr 2015 #6
I have not trusted them since they pimped for the Iraq war Skittles Apr 2015 #8
It's about disclosure, not a ban. AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #9
k&r... spanone Apr 2015 #10

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
2. Teachers going to prison/jail for something, about tests? Judges and politicians destroying
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:18 PM
Apr 2015

our economy, blocking immigration law that would help millions.

Clintons helping people all over the world, but the

NEW YORK FUCKING TIMES SAYS THIS????????

god I wish the rest of this country was paying attention to this madness

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
3. I used to subscribe to NYTimes online, but...
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 02:20 PM
Apr 2015

I stopped last year because Maureen Dowd was/is insufferable. Due to their sloppy journalism, I won't be back.

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