People & Power – The Koch Brothers

Anti Koch

Published on Aug 24, 2012

How and why America’s billionaire Koch Brothers are spending a fortune in support of a conservative political agenda.

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The Koch Brother’s politico-financial empire

PressTVGlobalNews

Published on Apr 4, 2013

The Koch family of industrialists and businessmen is most notable for its control of Koch Industries, the second largest privately owned company in the United States. The family business was started by Fred C. Koch, who developed a new cracking method for the refinement of heavy oil into gasoline. David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch the two brothers still with Koch Industries are affiliated with the Koch family foundations. They have funded conservative and libertarian policy and advocacy groups in the United States.

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Papantonio: The Conservative Media Takeover

Ring of Fire Radio

Published on May 8, 2013

The following interview is from the May 5th episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV (http://www.freespeech.org/RingofFire).

The billionaire Koch Brothers — the geniuses who helped bankroll the Tea Party movement — are trying to buy up media outlets across the country. If they’re successful, they’ll be able to spread their anti-consumer lies to millions of Americans. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio talks to attorneys Howard Nations and Mike Burg about the conservative takeover of the media.

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The Koch’s Media Machine

Ring of Fire Radio

Published on Aug 1, 2013

The following segment originally aired on the July 28th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The Koch Brothers have mastered the art of the bounce concept. They launch a small idea by way of a fake website, and that talking point then climbs the ladder through the conservative echo chamber. They use this to not only spread lies, but to launch personal attacks against journalists. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about this with attorneys Howard Nations and David Hersh.

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The FCC, Net Neutrality and You

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What happens if the government decides some can pay for faster access to the Net than others?

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Bill Moyers Essay: What Happened to Obama’s Promised Net Neutrality?

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Candidate Obama said the Internet would remain open and free, but that’s before he appointed a former cable and wireless top gun to run the FCC.

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How Industry Worked to Outlaw Municipal Networks on Vimeo

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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which receives financial support from a number of communications giants, has helped pass bills that hamper or outright ban municipal broadband networks in 19 states. “If you’re going to make way for Comcast to own this big a footprint, at least give American cities … the opportunity to grow an alternative,” Carr tells Moyers.

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Why the FCC Chairman Needs to Step up to the Plate

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Susan Crawford says FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler needs to regulate broadband providers like Comcast and Verizon but doesn’t want to “spark a war with the industry,” which could lead to retaliation against him.

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Kevin Klose: The Future of National Public Radio

Forum Network

Published on May 6, 2014

Kevin Klose speaks with community members about the future vision and focus of National Public Radio. This program was recorded at the WPBA studios in Atlanta as part of Public Broadcasting Atlanta’s survey of the media landscape.

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Environmental Justice: Where Are We Now? | Environmental Justice

By Curt Spalding, EPA Region 1 Administrator

At the end of March, I was very pleased to participate in an Environmental Justice Conference at Harvard Law School to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Executive Order 12898 on EJ, and to dialogue with stakeholders across all backgrounds about the future for EJ.

Environmental justice is critical to EPA’s mission: to protect human health and the environment. Unfortunately many low-income communities and communities of color continue to bear a disproportionate burden of environmental pollution and its health effects which create barriers to opportunity and a need for greater access to the benefits that healthy communities provide.

In Region 1 we continue to work hard to find new and innovative ways to incorporate EJ into all of our programs, policies and activities. Our programs and staff are helping improve communities through our Brownfields program; working to eliminate lead poisoning in our poorest communities; cleaning our urban rivers; encouraging environmental justice leadership among our state and federal partners and promoting climate change education in low-income and diverse communities, among many other efforts.

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