Tag Archives: David Koch

Let the $10 Billion Rumpus Begin!

From our Val-PAC desk The hardworking staff recently trumpeted the estimated $9 billion price tag for the 2016 election cycle, but Bloomberg’s Al Hunt has a slight adjustment. How Record Spending Will Affect 2016 Election The role of money and politics … Continue reading

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Two Different Worlds Edition Umpteen)

The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight proceeded apace last Friday, and for the umpteenth time the two local media hall monitors operated in parallel universes. Start, as always, with Underdog Boston Herald’s Press Party. The Wayne’s World webcast featured this lineup of topics: … Continue reading

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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (WGBH/David Koch Edition)

The latest Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight featured an interesting contrast in the two local media hall monitors’ coverage of the WGBH/David Koch rumpus. Start with Underdog Press Party, the Boston Herald’s weekly Wayne’s World webcast. Its latest edition led with a segment … Continue reading

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WGBH Herald Hostage, Day 2

The Kochheads are here! Defenders of conservative billionaire David Koch are going after the liberal activists going after Koch for giving a reported $18.6 to local public broadcaster WGBH over the past three decades. From [Saturday’s] Boston Herald: Koch foes blasted … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Koch Bros. Whack Obama Edition)

From our Hitting On All Solyndra’s desk: The Obama administration’s half-billion-dollar loan to solar company Solyndra is not only the subject of an independent federal review, it’s also the subject of a new $2.4 million ad campaign. From MSNBC’s First … Continue reading

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