private-equity http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18119/all en 'Super Rich:' The New Code for Media Disapproval http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/super-rich-new-code-media-disapproval <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dan-gainor">Dan Gainor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     You can never be too thin or too rich.</p> <br /> <p >     That’s always been the case – until the mainstream media started counting. They like us all Hollywood-thin, but like our wallets that way as well. </p> <br /> <p >     Journalists set almost mystical limits on how much wealth is too much. And if you have money, you need to devote it to the right, or I should say “left,” causes.</p> <br /> <p >     If you don’t do the right thing, the media brand you as “super rich,” part of the new awful elite who not only dare to earn, but dare to spend and enjoy life.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/super-rich-new-code-media-disapproval" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business BarackObama classwarfare GordonGekko hedgefund HillaryClinton JohnEdwards LivingWage NBC Newsweek private-equity superrich Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:21:46 +0000 admin 29642 at http://archive2.mrc.org