Sen. Ted Stevens' Office: CBS "Distorts" Facts on Pork

Stevens' Office: CBS "Distorts" Facts on Pork
By Laura McGann - October 15, 2007
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004455.php


CBS news highlighted some of Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AK) greatest pork hits (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/eveningnews/main3363037.shtml) this weekend-- including $1 million to promote salmon baby food and $500,000 to paint a jet like a flying fish (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/fisheries-allocations-highlight/).

The airplane project was sponsored by the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board, a non-profit (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004287.php) set up by Stevens and originally run by his son (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004287.php) and former aide. The board hands out tens of millions in grants to promote the Alaska seafood industry.

Unsurprisingly, Stevens wasn't happy with the story. A spokesman told an Alaska CBS affiliate that they "in some cases actually distorted" facts (http://www.ktva.com/topstory/ci_7163569):

Stevens' press secretary, Aaron Saunders, tells KTVA-CBS 11 News the senator is, "dismayed CBS ignored the facts."

I just couldn't resist.:D

Fishing trips put Washington on the hook


Bill Allen, second from left, is pictured in 2000 with Republican Senators Trent Lott of Mississippi, left, Dennis Hastert of Illinois, and Phil Gramm of Texas. (no credit)


From left, Sen. Kit Bond, unidentified woman, Nancy Murkowski, Sen. Frank Murkowski, Bill Allen.


From left, Sen. Thad Cochran, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Sen. Frank Murkowski, Bill Allen, unidentified woman, Sen. Larry Criag, Nancy Murkowski, Sen. Kit Bond, Sen. Don Nickles.


From left, Sen. Kit Bond, Tricia Lott, Sen. Trent Lott, Bill Allen, unidentified woman, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, former Sen. Phil Gramm, Nancy Murkowski, Sen. Frank Murkowski.

Over the past 20 years Alaskan oil entrepreneur Bill Allen and people who work for him gave more than $1 million to candidates running for Congress. But his connections gave him another way to gain influence in Washington -- fishing. Steve Henn reports.

.............. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/10/15/bill_allen_fishing

did I read that right?

EEEEEEEEEEK :scared: