tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934845808960857732.post7933230100100599682..comments2010-04-07T08:07:02.016-07:00Comments on NPR Team Check: Hierarchy of NPeRsons in AuthorityMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934845808960857732.post-69448122027908815902010-02-22T11:50:05.084-08:002010-02-22T11:50:05.084-08:00I should reference my comment here: http://nprchec...I should reference my comment here: http://nprcheck.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-time-for-interesting-comparison.html<br /><br /><a href="http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20091015151636.aspx" rel="nofollow">NPR to Stations: Avoid Saying '46 Million Americans' Are Uninsured</a> from the Business and Media Institute (Advancing the culture of free enterprise in America.)<br /><br /><i>The Business & Media Institute exposed the error of many journalists in July 2007 when everyone from politicians, to Michael Moore to major broadcast and print media were claiming that there were between 40 and 50 million uninsured Americans.<br /><br />Those claims were incorrect because (at that time) the Census was reporting 46.577 million people uninsured in America – including nearly 10 million in the “not a citizen” category.</i><br /><br />Apparently Sweeney is someone who picks up the phone when BMI calls and then relays BMI's directives to all the stations and news desks.<br /><br />It seems that BMI is yet another of the many heads of the industry (Agency) lobbying group that includes (with some overlap) Creative Response Consultants and Swiftboat Veterans for Truthiness, or whatever.gDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301694571913815244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934845808960857732.post-56651059210821055012010-02-20T18:33:48.105-08:002010-02-20T18:33:48.105-08:00oops
Another Person of Interest in the Muckety Map...oops<br />Another Person of Interest in the Muckety Map is John A. Herrmann Jr. who is listed as both a Senior Managing Director of the now defunct global financial-services firm, <b>Lehman Bros, Inc.</b>gDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301694571913815244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934845808960857732.post-79656012105852598032010-02-20T18:32:22.453-08:002010-02-20T18:32:22.453-08:00Another Person of Interest in the Muckety Map is J...Another Person of Interest in the Muckety Map is <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101538" rel="nofollow">John A. Herrmann Jr.</a> who is listed as both a Senior Managing Director of the now defunct global financial-services firm <b>and</b> one of the 6 public members of the <a href="http://www.npr.org/about/people/board.html" rel="nofollow">Board of Directors of NPR</a>. This begs the question, are there private members? <br /><br>The NPR page lists him now as Vice Chairman, <a href="http://www.lincolninternational.com" rel="nofollow">Lincoln International</a>,whose web site assures the gentle reader that it is <br><i>Independent<br />- Owned and operated by our partners<br />- No conflicts of interest<br />- Long-term relationships based on trust</i><br /><br>Isn't that nice?gDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301694571913815244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934845808960857732.post-13171461816661910452010-02-20T11:48:36.921-08:002010-02-20T11:48:36.921-08:00The Muckety map list Vin Weber as a director, but ...The Muckety map list Vin Weber as a director, but a search of NPR has no mention of Weber. Weber's wiki bio notes that <br /><br><i>He briefly was a commentator on National Public Radio the following year about developments in Congress after the Republicans took control of the House, providing commentary on the "revolution" he had helped create. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting reported that Weber frequently offered his opinions on NPR about health care issues, but never revealed that he was paid lobbyist for several health insurance giants.</i><br /><br>It's reported that he was made to quit congress in the wake of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_banking_scandal" rel="nofollow">House Banking Scandal</a>...something that was laughably benign, given the real bank scandals we've experienced since, but, strangely enough, was trumpeted by Weber's pal Gingrich in order to oust Democratic representatives and take control of the House in 1994. Weird.gDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301694571913815244noreply@blogger.com