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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 MediaThe 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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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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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
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
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irisblue
(32,829 posts)1. Read this book
The Koch brothers are flicking scary& effective at getting their way
kacekwl
(6,994 posts)2. I'm on chapter 13 now.
The book is excellent , quite a eye opener. explains a lot.
fasttense
(17,301 posts)3. Thank you for posting this.
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.