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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:22 PM
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Koch brothers pick a fight with The New Yorker
Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

Oil baron brothers David and Charles Koch aren't the types to throw out old magazines, according to recent reports. The Koch brothers have taken up against the American Association of Magazine Editors, who recently nominated an anti-Koch New Yorker article for a National Magazine Award in reporting.

Jane Mayer's "Covert Operations: The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Waging War Against Obama" ran last August. The Koch brother declined to be interviewed for the piece.

Now, a representative for the Koch brothers has written a letter to the ASME board, protesting the nomination of Mayer's piece.

"Her article is ideologically slanted and a prime example of a disturbing trend in journalism, where agenda-driven advocacy masquerades as objective reporting," wrote Koch Industries Senior Vice President and general counsel Mark Holden, according to the New York Post.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/03/koch-brothers-pick-a-fight-with-the-new-yorker/
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:24 PM
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1. And it is true.
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:25 PM
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2. "...a disturbing trend in journalism,...
...where agenda-driven advocacy masquerades as objective reporting."

:rofl:
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:30 PM
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5. right?
God should slap them with their own words. you know?
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:28 PM
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3. I would agree with Koch general cousel Holden that there is...
..."a disturbing trend in journalism, where agenda-driven advocacy masquerades as objective reporting".
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Sonoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:29 PM
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4. Right thru the Looking Glass, eh Markey-poo?
"Her article is ideologically slanted and a prime example of a disturbing trend in journalism, where agenda-driven advocacy masquerades as objective reporting,"

Is this Monty Python or The Onion?

Sonoman
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:31 PM
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6. Bwahahaha.... projection.... projection.....
Mirror, mirror, who has the right to 'ma$$-querade' agenda-driven advocacy?

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:33 PM
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themadstork Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:40 PM
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8. All hail our propaganda masters
Didn't they basically hire someone to run a Koch-slobberin' counterpiece shortly after Meyers's article?
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 02:41 PM
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9. The Kook Bros. are being called out left and right, and they don't like it one bit, nossir...
Or, as somebody said, Kochroaches just HATE it when someone turns on the kitchen light.

Memo to Davie and Chuckie: Don't pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 03:47 PM
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10. It was investigative reporting
Edited on Tue May-03-11 03:48 PM by EC
not objective reporting...
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 05:20 PM
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11. Here is link to Mayer article they are mad about
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 05:28 PM
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12. she also co-authored Strange Justice, which pulled back the curtain on
Clarence Thomas's PR/driven/Biden-enabled/totally mendacious SCOTUS campaign, thank you very much, Ken Duberstein
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 05:30 PM
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13. Never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel
Jus' sayin'
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