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$12 Million Buys Soros, Steyer White House Meeting; Media Ignore

mike.ciandella — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:56:38 +0000

Networks complain about conservative donor influence in politics, ignore blatant liberal donor connection.

Mike Ciandella

Money may not buy happiness, but it certainly buys access. Liberal billionaires George Soros and Tom Steyer met with John Podesta, the counselor to the president, to advise him on environmental policy.

Both Soros and Steyer have donated millions to the Center for American Progress, a liberal group Podesta founded and led until December 2013. Steyer has given $3,850,000 to CAP since 2008, while Soros more than doubled that at $8,067,186.

— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.

CNN's King, Panelists Hit Obama from Left on Climate Change: 'Why Did They Wait So Long?'

matthew.balan — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:27:21 +0000

Matthew Balan

CNN's John King, along with the AP's Julie Pace and National Journal's Ron Fournier, targeted President Obama from the left on Tuesday's New Day over the issue of climate change.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

MSNBC's Alex Wagner Beseeches Obama to Forward LGBT Agenda in 'Year of Action'

matthew.balan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:14:41 +0000

Matthew Balan

Alex Wagner made it clear that she was in Senator Harry Reid's Amen corner on the Tuesday edition of her MSNBC program, promoting the Nevada Democrat's green light to President Obama to use his controversial "year of action" end run around Congress to advance the agenda of leftist LGBT activists.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

Obama Recruits President of Soros-Funded Group

julia.seymour — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:40:11 +0000

John Podesta, founder of left-wing Center for American Progress, to be presidential counsel.

Mike Ciandella

President Barack Obama hired a new counselor for 2014, a man who used to lead a liberal Soros-funded group.

John Podesta, founder and president of the far-left Center for American Progress (CAP), was tapped by the administration and will focus on the health care law and climate change issues, according to a Dec. 9, New York Times article.

— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.