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Lead Story Goes After Fundraising of Obama Foe, the Chamber of Commerce

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:43:00 +0000

The Times leads with more scary wealthy anonymous Republican donors giving to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which the Obama administration has made its latest Public Enemy No. 1#: "The annual tax returns that the chamber releases include a list of all donations over $5,000, including 21 in 2008 that each exceed $1 million, one of them for $15 million. However, the chamber omits the donors' names....These records show that while the chamber boasts of representing more than three million businesses, and having approximately 300,000 members, nearly half of its $140 million in contributions in 2008 came from just 45 donors. Many of those large donations coincided with lobbying or political campaigns that potentially affected the donors."

Clay Waters

On Friday morning the Times threw another front-page lifeline to the Democrats via a lead story on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "orchestrated campaign to become one of the most well-financed critics of the Obama administration."

A Suspicious "Deep-Pocketed Conservative Group"

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:38:00 +0000

The Times front page warns readers about Freedom's Watch, a "deep-pocketed conservative group" with suspicions of White House ties. Did the left-wing MoveOn.org ever receive this level of scrutiny from the paper.

Clay Waters

"Big Coffers and a Rising Voice Lift a New Conservative Group," reporter Don Van Natta Jr.'s front-page Sunday profile of the "deep-pocketed conservative group" Freedom's Watch, raised questions ofWhite House ties on three occasions.

"Her Way" Takes on Clinton from the Left on Iraq War Vote

admin — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:59:00 +0000

In a new book, veteran Times reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta take on Hillary from the left on the war and claim her marriage to Bill is more political than marital, and make ABC's Chris Cuomo very uncomfortable in the process.

Clay Waters

On Monday morning's Good Morning America, ABC co-anchor Chris Cuomo (the youngest son of the ultra-liberal former New York Governor Mario Cuomo) got picked to interview longtime Times reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, authors of "Her Way," a new biography of Sen. Hillary Clinton.