NRA Checks the So-Called Fact Checkers
Published on Aug 8, 2015
In this News Minute from the NRA Institute for Legislative
Action, Jennifer Zahrn reports that news fact checker Politifact got it wrong
when they looked into the Obama Administration’s
attempt to remove the gun rights of millions of
Americans receiving Social Security and
disability benefits. Their staff checked with Bloomberg and Snopes – but
failed to consult the most important source of all – federal gun laws.
Tampa Bay Times (PolitiFact)
On January 1, 2012, the St.
Petersburg Times was renamed
the Tampa Bay Times; this
stemmed from a 2006 decision of a lawsuit with Media
General, the publishers of The Tampa Tribune, which allowed that
paper to keep its exclusive right to use the name of its defunct sister paper, The
Tampa Times, for five years after the decision.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a nonprofit[2]
website that
describes itself as a non-partisan[3]
"'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception
and confusion in U.S. politics".[4]
It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of
the Annenberg
School for Communication at the University of
Pennsylvania, and is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.[4]
FactCheck.org has won four Webby Awards in the Politics category, in 2008, 2010,
2011 and 2012.[5]
Most of its content consists of rebuttals to what it
considers inaccurate, misleading, or false claims by politicians. FactCheck.org
has also targeted misleading claims from various partisan groups. Other
features include:
- Ask FactCheck:[6] users can ask questions that are usually based on an online rumor.
- Viral Spiral:[7] a page dedicated to the most popular online myths that the site has debunked. It clarifies the answer as well as links readers to a full article on the subject.
- Party Lines:[8] talking points that have been repeatedly used by multiple members of a political party.
- Mailbag:[9] page for readers' sent letters and praise or disapproval of something said on the site.
St. Petersburg Times
Paul
C. Tash is the editor & CEO & chairman for the St. Petersburg Times, and a director at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Note: Norman Pearlstine
is a director at the Committee to
Protect Journalists, the chief content officer for Time Inc., was the chief content officer for Bloomberg LP, a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg
LP, a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Marian Wright
Edelman is a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013.
Gwyneth
Paltrow is a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013.
Harvey Weinstein
is a director at the Robin Hood
Foundation, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013.
Harlem
Children's Zone was a funder for the Robin
Hood Foundation.
George
Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and is Jonathan Soros’s
father.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, Robin
Hood Foundation, the Roosevelt
Institute, the Roosevelt Institute,
the New America Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sundance Institute, the People for the American Way, and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
James Roosevelt
Jr. is a governor at the Roosevelt
Institute, and was an associate commissioner for the Social Security Administration.
Jonathan
Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, a director at the New
America Foundation, and is George
Soros’s son.
Eric E. Schmidt is the chairman of the New
America Foundation, married to
Wendy Schmidt, was a funder for the New America Foundation, and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Wendy
Schmidt is married to Eric E.
Schmidt, and a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
Michael
Lynton was a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication, and
is a trustee at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.
Lyn
Davis Lear is a trustee at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married to Norman Lear.
Robert
Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and made the National Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013.
Christine Lahti
is a trustee at the Sundance Institute,
and made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013.
Steven
E. Tisch was a trustee at the Sundance
Institute, made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Carole Bayer
Sager made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Barbra Streisand
is a trustee at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, the founder of the Barbra
Streisand Foundation, married to James Brolin, and a William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Margery Tabankin
is the treasurer for the Barbra
Streisand Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.
Norman
Lear is a director at the People for
the American Way, a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication, and
made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013.
Alec
Baldwin is a director at the People
for the American Way, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013.
James
Brolin is married to Barbra
Streisand, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013,
Jessica
Alba made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Kevin
Bacon made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Drew
Barrymore made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Richard
Belzer made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Benjamin
Bratt made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Betty
Buckley made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Steve
Carell made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Judy
Collins made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Sheryl
Crow made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Billy
Crystal made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Matt
Damon made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Art
Garfunkel made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Jennifer
Garner made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Richard
Gere made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Kathie Lee
Gifford made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Dustin
Hoffman made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Kate
Hudson made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Diane
Keaton made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
David
E. Kelley made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ricki
Lake made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Denis
Leary made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Spike
Lee made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and was a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Barry
Manilow made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Conan
O'Brien made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Rosie
O'Donnell made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Amy
Poehler made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Debbie
Reynolds made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Britney
Spears made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Patrick Stewart
made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Dick
Van Dyke made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Reese Witherspoon
made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013, and was a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Catherine
Zeta-Jones made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and married to Michael Douglas.
Michael
Moore made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and Ari Emanuel’s client.
Ari
Emanuel’s client is Michael Moore,
the co-CEO & director for the William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm
I. Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s brother,
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, a chairman for the Chicago “Annenberg”
Challenge, and is the president for
the Barack Obama administration.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of
New York.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the chairman for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc.
Jeffrey Katzenberg
is the founder & CEO & director for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., and made the National Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013,
Michael
Douglas made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a director at
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank).
Ted
Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was married to Jane Fonda aka Hanoi Jane.
Jane
Fonda aka Hanoi Jane was married to Ted Turner, and made the National
Rifle Association enemies list, listed in 2013,
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Norman Pearlstine
is a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York, a director at the Committee
to Protect Journalists, the chief content officer for Time Inc., was the chief content officer for Bloomberg LP, a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication.
Paul
C. Tash is a director at the Committee
to Protect Journalists, and the editor & CEO & chairman for the St. Petersburg Times.
Newton
N. Minow is an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, a chairman for the Chicago “Annenberg”
Challenge, and is the president for
the Barack Obama administration.
Rahm
I. Emanuel was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and Ari
Emanuel’s brother.
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I. Emanuel’s
brother, the co-CEO & director for the William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Michael
Moore is his client.
Michael
Moore is Ari Emanuel’s client, a
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and Ari Emanuel’s client,
and made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013.
Marian Wright
Edelman made the National Rifle
Association enemies list, listed in 2013, is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, is a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, and is the founder of Bloomberg
LP.
Norman Pearlstine
was the chief content officer for Bloomberg
LP, a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication, is the chief content officer
for Time Inc., and a director at the
Committee to Protect Journalists.
Paul
C. Tash is a director at the Committee
to Protect Journalists, and the editor & CEO & chairman for the St. Petersburg Times.
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