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Bill USA

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Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:25 PM Apr 2016

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right - Jane Mayer

New Book Exposes Koch Brothers' Guide To Infiltrating The Media


The book examines the influence of several of the country's wealthiest conservative donors, but it pays particular attention to the activities of Charles and David Koch, who have organized their network and spearheaded the group's political efforts. "Few had waged a more relentless or more effective assault on Americans' belief in government," Mayer wrote of the Kochs.

A key element of the Koch brothers' strategy is influencing the media. Through media, they have advanced their political and ideological goals and attacked those who stand in their way. The Koch brothers and their network have paid conservative media figures to promote their message, bankrolled front groups that run aggressive anti-environmental media campaigns, and even created their own right-wing "news" outlets. Meanwhile, they've garnered some favorable mainstream media coverage by tightly controlling reporter access to their summits and other events, while attacking and otherwise intimidating journalists who dare to shine a light on their activities.

Here is how the Koch brothers and their network have infiltrated the media:
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Buying A Conservative Media Echo Chamber



Creating Their Own Media Outlets



Funding Front Groups That Run Deceptive Media Campaigns



Tightly Controlling Reporter Access To Their Events And Activities



Intimidating Journalists Who Seek To Uncover Their True Agenda[/font]






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Table of contents:

Part One: Weaponizing Philanthrop: the War of Ideas, 1970-2008

1 Radicals: A Koch Family History

2 The Hidden Hand: Richard Mellon Scaife

3 Beachheads: John M. Olin and the Bradley Brothers

4 The Koch Method: free-Market Mayhem

5 The Kochtopus: Free-Market Machine

Part Two: Covert Operiations, 2009-2010


6 Boots o the Ground

7 Tea Time

8 The Fossils

9 Money Is Speech: The Long Road to Citizens United

10 The shellacking: Dark Money's Midterm Debut, 2010

Part Three: Privatizing Politics: Total Combat, 2011-2014

11 The Spoils: Plundering Congress

12 Mother of All War" The 2012 Setback

13 The States: Gaining Ground

14 Selling the New Koch: A Better Battle Plan
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right - Jane Mayer (Original Post) Bill USA Apr 2016 OP
Read this book irisblue Apr 2016 #1
I'm on chapter 13 now. kacekwl Apr 2016 #2
Thank you for posting this. fasttense Apr 2016 #3
 

fasttense

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3. Thank you for posting this.
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 08:32 AM
Apr 2016

I think the Koch brothers can manipulate America into believing anything they want. Soon they will be convincing Americans that we should all be slaves to the rich.....oh wait.

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