This shows how the Corporate Media will fight back against attacks on the one percent

[AZ Progressive]

This 20 / 20 piece is just one example of the kind of propaganda attacks that the corporate media will likely wage against critics of the one percent as the popularity of criticism against the one percent gets bigger.

[onethatcares]

1. dead eyes

and a line of bullshit miles long.

[Madmiddle]

2. The horrible things the Koch

brothers do far out way the good they claim. How they have made their money is through corruption. They run the largest hate machine on the planet.

[daleanime]

3. I could only last 49 seconds......

[demwing]

5. "Some days it seems like all David Koch does is give, give, give..."

That's at about the 40 second mark, and that's where I threw up.

[HatTrick]

12. Exactly the same for me.

Blatant bunch of b/s.

[They_Live]

4. Creepy

this material seems ripe for a mash up with images of the results of their "industries". Nice that he was able to survive that plane crash and be cured of his prostate cancer. Fucking heartwarming.

[passiveporcupine]

6. Yes, the wealthy are philanthropic to "their" causes

but what is not being said is that these "causes" should not need to be funded by the few wealthy at the top, they should be funded by the middle class using their services...but of course they can't afford to.

[rickford66]

7. How does killing Social Security balance the budget Davy?

[Enthusiast]

10. The right wing narrative on Social Security is absurd.

Social Security is the only well funded program in the entire government.

[EEO]

8. Wow. Lovely piece of propaganda.

[Enthusiast]

11. Expect nothing less from Barbara Wawa.

[Enthusiast]

9. Barbara Wawa said David Koch is a fascinating man.

She also said Rush Limbaugh is a fascinating man. I think she has a thing for for men with lots of money.

The Kochs seem to think it's perfectly fine that they have an undue influence on the legislative priorities of the nation just because they have more money. That really isn't libertarianism. In my opinion.

[merrily]

23. Wasn't Karl Rove her #1 most interesting person of some year or other

while Dimson was still in his ascendancy?

Baba Wawa (and she hates that) sure loves her some Republican men.

[Enthusiast]

25. She is a Republican operative.

From way back. I suspect. She had a gotcha moment with George McGovern leading up to the election.

[merrily]

27. I'll have to look up the McGovern gotcha.

I once posted on another board that she was a Republican and I got flack from both Republican and Democratic posters.

Years later, I saw an episode of The View in which Walters said that she had never said in public how she voted because that was how journalists were trained back when she got trained. A while after that, I saw an episode of The View in which Elizabeth Hasselbeck said she was not the only Republican on the panel, but we'd never know who it was. I'm guessing she was referring to Barbara.

[JHB]

34. Is this what you're thinking of?

I was searching on "Barbara Walters George McGovern", and found a link back to DU (DU2 then), and it had a reply from you too, with a similar sentiment:

#t=339

[Enthusiast]

35. I don't think that is exactly what I was thinking of. Although Barbara was noticeably snarky

there didn't appear to be a distinct gotcha moment.

Do you think Barbara had contempt for candidate McGovern in that clip? If you weren't pro Vietnam War in those days the establishment put out some bad vibes.

[florida08]

13. Spot on

I got to 4 mins. Once he said the good Lord saved his life because he wanted him do good works was more than I could tolerate. How the hell does he square his policies with good works?

[drynberg]

14. Gee, David should get "credit" for ALL he does, ALEC being just an example, but one that

Makes our Nation so much Poorer. All in all, the David Koch piece left me asking on important question: I didn't know that Barbara WaWa was a Kochsucker, did you?

[AZ Progressive]

15. You guys think the first part is bad, I dare you to skip to 7:45

[HatTrick]

17. Yes, but ....

7:45 he was talking about himself, even if it is laying a thick coat of delusional b/s.
40 sec part from Barbara wawa is worse, since she should be the interviewer and not a total kiss ass.

[Paka]

16. It made me want to puke.

I have a BIL who is almost a clone of a cross between David Koch and Dick Cheney. I just spent several months following my sister's death from ALS trying to help the family go through and distribute her personal things. Every day was a real trial as I faced a despicable lack of respect for me due to my progressive stance. I know from extended personal experience what these people are like.

[AZ Progressive]

18. A refresher just in case anyone here doesn't know that much about the Koch Brothers

[Smarmie Doofus]

28. +1 n/t

[Quixote1818]

19. The Bible says to give almost everything away David. Not just .05% of your 43 billion. Ass hole! nt

[rurallib]

30. most people on this board probably give a higher percentage away than the Kochs

[Thespian2]

20. Hard to listen to BW and a Kock-sucker

at the same time...

Wealthy people give away money for tax breaks...good works, my ass...

Koch industries ship Alberta bitumen to the US, refine it, sell on the market...make billions while screwing the Canadians and Americans through leaky pipelines, virtually unregulated refineries, and environment destruction...

[imthevicar]

21. BABA WAWA needs Knee pads.

[Quixote1818]

22. It was your Dad's fortune you fucking piece of shit!

Handed to you on a silver platter!

[merrily]

24. Made in Russia, too.

[Enthusiast]

26. Oh, no. He made it all through his own genius and initiative.

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In my experience that those that inherit their wealth are the greatest defenders of the right wing status quo.

[Dustlawyer]

29. Couple of things I took away, first, he donates to politicians to support his financial

causes, but not his supposed social ones though he could afford to do both. Second, none of his philanthropy supports anything to do with poor, disadvantaged people, just things the rich would enjoy like ballet and museums (sure poor people go to museums, but not at the same rate).

More propaganda to gain support and humanize an asshole!

[Quixote1818]

32. Good observation. It's the status of "Giving" to the Pretentious Opera BS

so he can go to a big gala on Park Avenue and have everyone faun over him.

He is such a phony fuck wad!

[rurallib]

31. If a person didn't know better he would think David wrote it himself

or at the very least had a say in what was to be talked about and how it was edited.

But I am sure Wawa has much more integrity than that.

[Quixote1818]

33. A much more "facinating" man at this link

Notice the focus on giving is to people who really need help not all the places rich folks gather: http://www.georgesoros.com/faqs/entry/georgesorosphilanthropyisunprecedented/



If you look at David Koch's giving, it's all the places mostly wealthy people go although he does give a SHIT load to cancer research. You know why? He thought he was dying of cancer.