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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Are the Koch brothers hiring a PR firm to whitewash wikipedia articles?

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/09/koch-wikipedia...

They have enough money to pull this off and other companies have already been caught doing the same thing.

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    I like the fact that some are paying attention and that the PR firm got banned from WIKI.

    I see some are trying to change the subject.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/message/21811

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_...

  • 1 decade ago

    Omg, these Kochroaches leave no stone unturned in trying to manipulate the world to their advantage.

    I'm glad WikiPedia's admins were on the ball.

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    "The Koch brothers are now at the heart of GOP power."

    . .

    http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/06/nation/la-...

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    “Covert Operations: The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.” By Jane Mayer.

    “David and Charles Koch own all most all of Koch Industries which is ranked by Forbes as the second-largest private company after Cargill.

    “The brothers’ combined wealth is $35 billion, third to Gates and Buffett.

    “They believe in minimal social services and govt regulation, and drastically lower corporate and personal taxes.

    “They’r the kingpins of climate science denial.

    “They fund a huge network of think tanks, political front groups and the creation of the Tea Party...”

    . .

    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/1008...

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    ....Koch Industries has been ranked in the top 10 polluters in the USA..."

    "The Kochs vastly outdid Exxon-Mobil in financing the anti-climate forces, underwriting a huge network of foundations, think tanks and political front groups...

    "Charles Lewis, founder of the non-partisan watchdog Center for Public Integrity said, “the Koches are on a whole different level. No one else has spent this much.'

    "They have a pattern of lawbreaking, political manipulation, and obfuscation...

    "I’ve been in Washington since Watergate, and I’ve never seen anything like it.

    "They are the Standard Oil of our times...”

    . . http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/1008...

  • 1 decade ago

    I wonder if they hire Persuasion Partners - the PR firm that employs the 25 year old mistress of Wisconsin Republican State Senator Randy Hopper - who's own WIFE signed his recall petition and spilled the info?

    They do work for one of Koch's heavily supported PACs, but no direct link that I can find yet.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Just by chance I came across a name: Rashid Khalidi, a college professor in NYC.

    This muslim cockroach supports suicide bombers.

    To no ones surprise the cockroach in the Oval Office is a supporter of his and friend.

    Should Hussein Ohamas hire a PR firm for damage control??

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  • 1 decade ago

    Koch sucks.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
  • 1 decade ago

    We've been through this already.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Oh is that what 'thinkprogress.org' said?

    I'm shocked!

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