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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReporter Exposes Koch Approved Journalists Spreading Reich Wing Propaganda
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-windsor/i-tried-to-cover-the-secr_b_9126876.htmlsnip:
The Koch brothers' donor retreats are notoriously secretive affairs, but after my publishing of several hours of audio from their 2014 summer confab, the network began to bring select journalists behind its closed doors. With strings attached. Six media outlets gained access this year under the condition of not disclosing donor identities, while the Kochs enlisted hotel security staff and police officers to intimidate this reporter from exercising her First Amendment rights.
As Koch grand strategist Richard Fink sat in the Glo Lounge of the posh Renaissance Esmeralda Indian Wells resort in Palm Springs on Thursday, I heard his communications staff report to him that Fredreka Schouten of USA Today was "prepped." Sure enough, just hours later, at 5 AM on Jan. 29, her piece went live on the USA Today site: "Koch brothers' new group will take on poverty, education."
Six approved media outlets spewing Koch's one percent lies. The Koch thugs have bought the Rethugs and now are working on the Press. Not surprising I guess.
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Reporter Exposes Koch Approved Journalists Spreading Reich Wing Propaganda (Original Post)
kairos12
Feb 2016
OP
annabanana
(52,791 posts)1. If ANYTHING should become "common knowledge"
This should!
k&r, tweeted & faced
k&r, tweeted & faced
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Money is speech.
And plutocratic stuff kick.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)3. My rating for this offense:
summerschild
(725 posts)4. Man, I hate these arrogant SOBs.
k&r
librechik
(30,674 posts)5. they have OWNED the press for decades n/t
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)6. Just more evidence that
these fascists have overstayed their welcome in this country AND on the planet... and it is indeed time for them to shuffle off this mortal coil, even if given a little push by someone whom they have tried to destroy.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)7. Hey, did I K&R this OP? No? Okay, K&R!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)8. Kicked and recommended!
Koch thugs!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)9. Kochs need to be imprisoned for treason, not adored as heroes!
navarth
(5,927 posts)10. bookmarking. thanks
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)11. K&FuckinR nt
NJCher
(35,687 posts)12. Another story
For more Koch brothers intrigue, listen to this podcast on the New Yorker Radio Hour:
In this episode, three epic battles: Jane Mayer recounts her experience investigatingand being investigated byKoch Industries...
http://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/episode-14-the-koch-brothers-the-ninth-planet-and-an-undefeated-female-boxer?popout=true
There are three stories in this episode. The one about the Koches is the first one and is only about 20" long.
Cher