Here we look at how its all about fabricating facades in order to manipulate people’s feelings to fight for a preordained agenda, one that has nothing to do with The Peoples' well being. Where do we go when honesty and truth mean nothing any more?
With references to the following articles:
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On Monday, Koch …
The Koch brothers claim they provided $650 million to purchase Time Inc. — which has faced a consistent decline in revenue as advertising income has faltered, …
Koch’s partner in the Time buyout, however, has a history of involvement in exactly the type of media manipulation that critics fear most. In the coverage of the Meredith-Time deal, little has been made of the fact that Meredith has worked as a social media marketing firm for Koch Industries. …
In the early years of this decade, Meredith provided stealth marketing efforts to delete critical commentary about the Koch brothers and their political ventures. New Media Strategies, a subsidiary of Meredith, was retained by Koch Industries to airbrush Wikipedia articles relating to Koch Industries, David Koch, Charles Koch, the Tea Party, and Richard Fink, a strategist for the Koch brothers’ political operation. It’s not clear if such relationships continued after they were exposed.
An internal investigation by Wikipedia editors found that one account New Media Strategies employees working for Koch had also used a number of so-called sock puppet accounts to edit articles relating to the Kochs. In one instance,
… Like Ailes, the Koch brothers have long used private detectives, political operatives, and media consultants to lash out at perceived enemies and critical journalists. Koch Industries has long maintained a website to lash out against critical reporters, and in 2011, hired a number of consultants to dig up dirt on reporters viewed as too adversarial.
… As reporter Alex Weprin noted, the financing deal will allow Koch to meet with Meredith executives four times a year to discuss “current business, financial and strategic matters” and will be granted the privilege of having an “observer” for board meetings. … {full story}
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PBS Killed Wisconsin Uprising Documentary "Citizen Koch" To Appease Koch Brothers
Submitted by Brendan Fischer on May 20, 2013
"Citizen Koch," a documentary about money in politics focused on the Wisconsin uprising, was shunned by PBS for fear of offending billionaire industrialist David Koch, who has given $23 million to public television, according to Jane Mayer of the New Yorker. The dispute highlights the increasing role of private money in "public" television and raises even further concerns about the Kochs potentially purchasing eight major daily newspapers. …
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The Corporate Dictatorship of PBS and NPR
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed
… But it wasn't always this way. On November 7, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Public Broadcasting Act. …
After signing the act into law, Johnson said that,
“It announces to the world that our Nation wants more than just material wealth; our Nation wants more than a 'chicken in every pot.' We in America have an appetite for excellence, too. While we work every day to produce new goods and to create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man's spirit. That is the purpose of this act.”
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 states that,
“It is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of public radio and television broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes… it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to complement, assist, and support a national policy that will most effectively make public telecommunications services available to all citizens of the United States.”
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Did the Koch Brothers Buy NPR?
... and force the broadcaster to stop covering climate change? FALSE !
(The devil is in the details, it’s an interesting clarifying article.)
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Rebranding Koch
New Koch
The billionaire brothers are championing criminal-justice reform. Has their formula changed?
By Jane Mayer | January 25, 2016
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'Dark Money': Koch Brothers' Donations Push Their Political Agenda
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Lee Fang, Nick Surgey | July 26 2017 | The Intercept
THE BILLIONAIRE KOCH BROTHERS are well-prepared for the upcoming debate over tax reform, with allies arranging to plant questions at town hall meetings and efforts to orchestrate a grassroots army to demand lower corporate taxes. …
… The strategy memo lays out a five-phase plan for passing a version of tax reform that is favorable to the Koch donor network. The Koch brothers make clear that their ideal tax reform legislation would exclude the idea of an import or carbon tax, while focusing on broad reductions in the corporate tax rate. …
During Phase 3 of the strategy, starting next month, the Koch network will use its grassroots advocacy arms, including Americans for Prosperity, to put pressure on members of Congress when they return home for town hall meetings during the August recess period. The Koch network will use constituent meetings to “drive the narrative” around the need for their tax reform ideas, the memo said.
… Last week, Politico reported that Americans for Prosperity plans to kick off tax reform efforts on August 2 at an event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., a conservative leader in Congress, will speak at the event.
The Koch network, a major importer of Canadian tar sands oil, has lobbied aggressively to ensure that any tax reform package does not include the import tax once favored by Trump … {full story}
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