executive

Top Journalists that Serve on Soros-Funded Boards of Directors or Advisers

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:08:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

Iris Somberg

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Center for Public Integrity

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The Great Newspaper Bailout

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +0000

BMI Staff

It's a maxim of journalism that newspapers are supposed to 'comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.' Yet there are few industries more afflicted by problems than the news business, and some journalists and their supporters on the left are flexing political muscle to find more than a little comfort.

And they certainly do need comfort. Nearly everywhere they turn, the news is bad.

Pressure Builds on Oil Companies - from Lawmakers, Media and Candidates

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:32:33 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

Campaign trail talk of a “windfall profits” tax on oil companies wasn’t enough for the Senate Judiciary Committee, which accused oil executives May 21 of manipulating the market.

Bad Company III

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:02:00 +0000

Amy Menefee

Businessmen are in every city and town in America.

They make the tractors that harvest your food, the jewelry you wear and the electricity that makes our society run. They sell vegetables at your farmers' market and help you get connected to the World Wide Web. They give heart surgeons a place to work and kids a place to play after school.

And whether you work for one of them, a non-profit, or the government, they pay for your job.

What do they earn for all of their hard work? Abuse.

CNN About-Face on CEOs: Higher Pay OK If Stock Is Doing Well

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:56:49 +0000

Jeff Poor

“America’s CEOs are raking in big, huge, fat wads of cash,” said CNN’s Stephanie Elam on the June 11 “American Morning.”

The latest scrutiny of executive compensation took a stab at Yahoo! (NasdaqGS: YHOO) CEO Terry Semel’s pay, based on a recent Associated Press story.

'Desperately Underpaid' Media Attack Another Oil Company Executive

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:54:23 +0000

Dan Gainor

Who needs Nostradamus when you have CNN’s “American Morning"? Instead of waiting for someone to complain about a big executive payday, the April 9 show’s team whined about its own pay and predicted the AFL-CIO would chime in on their side.

Rich Man, Poor Man

admin — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:24:25 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Amy Menefee

Some people make more money than others. To hear the media tell it, that’s a huge problem and it’s time to do something about it.

“Rising inequality – the growing gap between the rich and everyone else – is often cited as a primary cause of middle-class angst,” wrote staff writer Lori Montgomery in the February 1 Washington Post.

"Unpleasant" "Cartoon" Sensenbrenner "Has No Tolerance for Illegal Immigrants"

admin — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:12:53 +0000

Plus: A terrorist as "renegade" and an America "deeply divided" over gay marriage.

Clay Waters

"Unpleasant" "Cartoon" Sensenbrenner "Has No Tolerance for Illegal Immigrants"

Government-Sponsored Enron

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:54:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

See Executive Summary

It's a familiar story. An enormous company reveals its 'accounting problems.' The problems are found to be far worse than anyone realized. The CEO is forced to resign. Other high-ranking executives follow. The stock price begins to drop. Billions of dollars might be lost. The politically savvy CEO even has direct connections to a presidential administration.

CyberAlert -- 10/30/2000 -- Esquire's "Monica's View" of Bill

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 05:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Esquire's "Monica's View" of Bill; CBS's Clayson Pleaded for Nader to Drop Out; NBC's Prime Time Dramas Advanced Gore's Agenda -- Back to today's CyberAlert

1) George Bush on tonight's Tonight, Gore on Tuesday night and on Queen Latifah's daytime show on Wednesday.

The Media's Hearings Haters

Tue, 09 May 2000 04:00:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

When school children are taught civics, they learn that there is an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch, and one of the legislative branch's checks and balances on the executive is the function of oversight, investigating and demanding answers on executive branch actions.

CyberAlert -- 03/23/1998 -- Executive Privilege Protected

Mon, 23 Mar 1998 05:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Executive Privilege Protected; Primary Colors Primarily Boosts Clinton

1) Clinton invoking executive privilege hardly condemned. Half a story on NBC; ABC contended it's not clear that personal matters not protected. Both accentuated how much money Flowers has made.

CNN: Looking More Pro-Clinton Every Day

Tue, 12 Aug 1997 04:00:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

CNN: Looking More Pro-Clinton Every Day
by L. Brent Bozell III
August 12, 1997