Washington Post, etc Tries To Smear Schneiderman

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Matt Stoller: The Corrupt Establishment Begins Smearing Eric Schneiderman



Last month we had New York Fed Board Member Kathryn Wylde whining and meddling about Eric Schneiderman’s
investigation into big banks.
That seriously backfired.
UD Secretary Shaun Donovan put pressure on him as well, and that didn’t go over so well.
And after Tom Miller petulantly stopped allowing Schneiderman on his AG conference calls,
there was a mini-media storm over the rancid character of the DOJ and bankster-owned Miller.
None of the insider signals worked, so now it’s on to stage two of neutralize Schneiderman.
It’s time for…. the smear campaign!

Two editorial boards are coming out and using innuendo to paint Schneiderman as a self-promoter looking to make a name for himself by unfairly tarnishing banks. It’s pretty standard – throw up rumors that have a narrative basis in the American psyche, and chip away at public faith. Here’s the Washington Post’s editorial.

"The majority of the other attorneys general, led by Tom Miller of Iowa, have kicked Mr. Schneiderman

out of the negotiations, accusing him of making excessive demands. Mr. Schneiderman protests that

the banks are to blame, for trying to use the robo-signing case to get immunity they could use on
the securities front. Mr. Miller and his colleagues respond that they have no intention of letting
the banks off that particular hook......."

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http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/matt-stoller-the-corrupt-establishment-begins-smearing-eric-schneiderman.html

comments following the article suggest WaPo is smearing Schneiderman b/c Schneiderman has started an investigation into WaPo's for-profit educational subsidiaries:

"Drew my conclusion when I came across this:

“the Washington Post newspaper isn’t profitable, the company makes most of its money from its for-profit educational subsidiaries (hence the nickname Kaplan Test Prep Daily), including its for-profit university. And guess who is investigating the shady practices of the subprime university educational racket?

Mr. Schneiderman is looking into whether the schools and their recruiters misrepresent their ability to find students jobs, the quality of instruction, the cost of attending, and their programs accreditation, among other things. Such activities could constitute deceptive trade practices or fraud.

Oops. Looks like the Washington Post has a financial interest in kneecapping the New York Attorney General.”

What an old-school ass-kickng Stoller has delivered here.

Does the Washington Post have the nut sack to posit an explanation?"