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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"intricate web of secretly-funded groups behind anti-Obama media"
David Axelrod just tweeted this (emphasis mine of course):
Must read story unraveling intricate web of secretly-funded groups behind anti-Obama media, all leading to same source. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-secret-money-20120528,0,7342535,full.story
From the link:
The Center to Protect Patient Rights was created in April 2009, just as the debate over the healthcare bill was heating up. The group's mission was to "protect the rights of patients to choose and use medical care providers," according to its corporate paperwork, filed in Maryland.
While never surfacing publicly, the center sent more than $10 million in its first year to groups such as Americans for Prosperity, which took a lead in protesting the measure.
"I think they saw what we were doing and liked it," said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, which got $4.1 million. He said he did not know the source of the center's funding and declined to comment on whether it still supports his group.
The center's influence extended beyond the healthcare debate, tax filings show. Money also went to antiabortion groups such as the Susan B. Anthony List and to Americans for Tax Reform, led by Grover Norquist. In Florida, the center backed Protect Your Vote, a Republican effort to defeat two redistricting measures.
While never surfacing publicly, the center sent more than $10 million in its first year to groups such as Americans for Prosperity, which took a lead in protesting the measure.
"I think they saw what we were doing and liked it," said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, which got $4.1 million. He said he did not know the source of the center's funding and declined to comment on whether it still supports his group.
The center's influence extended beyond the healthcare debate, tax filings show. Money also went to antiabortion groups such as the Susan B. Anthony List and to Americans for Tax Reform, led by Grover Norquist. In Florida, the center backed Protect Your Vote, a Republican effort to defeat two redistricting measures.
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"intricate web of secretly-funded groups behind anti-Obama media" (Original Post)
ProfessionalLeftist
May 2012
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drm604
(16,230 posts)1. Another dishonestly named Koch front.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)2. The full article is excellent. Great find.
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)3. I was happy to know Axelrod found it
and that the Obama campaign is aware of this crap.