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...Today show startled and angered a lot of journalists several weeks ago when it let Terry Dolan, the right-wing fund raiser, use NBC's facilities, cameras and crews to put on his version of a news story. Dolan heads the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). Had NBC capitulated to right-wing pressure? No, insists Steve Friedman, Today's executive producer, the idea was all his own. Dolan considers all network news liberal, bad and alike. So Today staged a match-off: his version vs. NBC's of the same story. The verdict has to be that both were...
...Indiana's Mark Souder, about whether DeLay can survive the scandal. Souder said, "With Tom, it is going to have to be more than just allegations. Tom has done so much fund raising." That is an incredible statement. Does it mean that because DeLay is such a prolific fund raiser, he gets a pass on possible ethics violations? Public officials must adhere to high standards of ethical behavior...
...race in Washington. Venturing into local politics, he will probably endorse Antonio Villaraigosa in a runoff election for mayor in L.A., choosing a loyal supporter over incumbent James Hahn. "He gets to travel and gets to pick up IOUs," says former party chairman Steve Grossman, a Boston fund raiser who served as Dean's campaign chairman...
...Committee agreed last year to pay a $280,000 fine for improperly transferring $500,000 in 1999 to an outside organization to run radio ads against Democrats. Buckham had convinced the Republican Party to make the donation to the group. Although he maintained that he was merely a fund raiser for the organization, his wife was on its payroll (earning $59,000 in 1997), its truck was registered at his residence, and his lobbying business operated at the time from a town house the group owned. Democrats, howling that the whole operation was a front for DeLay's political machine...
...American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac.” People at Harvard do a lot of talk, talk, talking about the need for activism. Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07, a self-described “hell-raiser,” is actually doing something about...