Daily Double Dose of Abramoff
Ouch! for Congress: Jack Abramoff is getting ready to roll over, according to the NYT.
Catching up on related stories of disnormal behavior, conservative commentator Peter Ferrara has been booted from two papers, conservative ones at that, for taking cash from Jack Abramoff to write op-ed pieces favorable to his clients. More cash-for-conscience journalism. Yup.
This is on the heels of another Abramoff cash-for-cuddly-op-eds set piece featuring Cato Institute conservative think-tanker Doug Bandow, who has also been disinvited from publishing op-ed articles in the future. Bandow has resigned from Cato as welll. Yup.
Still catching up: Abramoff's SunCruz partner Adam Kidan pled guilty to fraud and wire fraud last week. This continues to play out badly for Abramoff. Lots of Repbulicans are hiring lawyers as we speak.
If they need money, Tom DeLay could spot them a few bucks. Apparently while swept up in th Abramoff affair he's made off with booty galore.
Update: Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation posted a comment objecting to the pedigree of the press Peter Ferrara has gotten. Read his comments and his statement on the www.ipi.org site. Also, read Peter Ferrara's statement, as well. The two statement links are on the upper right of the home page.
2 Comments:
The article in BusinessWeek that started this whole thing, upon which all subsequent articles and Paul Krugman’s commentary are based, omitted important statements and resulted in a complete misrepresentation. All subsequent who have written on this topic are guilty of passing on misrepresentation without bothering to fact-check. You can view IPI’s and Ferrara’s statements at www.ipi.org
I appreciate Tom Gioanetti's comments that have led me to his site. I have read clarifications at his site, about which I will post on the blog. Having said that, it's a bad time for taking money from unsavory sources, even years ago, since the Bush administration have dragged some journalists down. Painted by a broad brush, I'm afraid.
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