[Peace-discuss] NPR now chaired by rightwing activist

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

AEI isn't just a think tank.  It's a stink tank.

Wikipaedia sez:
AEI is the most prominent think tank associated with American 
neoconservatism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism>,
     in both the domestic and international policy arenas.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute#cite_note-Schifferes-9> 

Irving Kristol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Kristol>, widely 
considered a father of neoconservatism,
     was a senior fellow at AEI.

     Prominent foreign-policy neoconservatives at AEI include
Richard Perle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Perle>, Gary Schmitt 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Schmitt>, and Paul Wolfowitz 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wolfowitz>. John Bolton 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton>,
     often said to be a neoconservative,^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute#cite_note-66> ^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute#cite_note-67> has 
said that he is not one,
     as his primary focus is on American interests, not democracy promotion.



On 09/22/13 20:01, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [FAIR] - Last month NPR CEO Gary Knell left to take a job at National 
> Geographic, making him the latest in a string of CEOs who left after a 
> short stint running the public radio outlet. On September 13, NPR 
> named a new acting president and CEO: board member Paul G. Haaga.
>
> The NPR press release states that Haaga's "accomplished career" 
> included a stint as "chairman of the Investment Company Institute"–the 
> powerful lobbying group of the mutual fund industry. As the Los 
> Angeles Times once reported, "Mutual funds have been mostly shielded 
> from the reforms forced on the financial world–thanks in large part to 
> the efforts of the Investment Company Institute."
>
> NPR also adds that Haaga has ties to right-wing think tanks–he is "a 
> member of the National Council of the American Enterprise Institute" 
> and he sits on "the Board of Overseers of Hoover Institution at 
> Stanford University."
>
> Haaga is also a fairly regular contributor to Republican politicians. 
> According to OpenSecrets.org <http://OpenSecrets.org>, this year he 
> made a $32,400 donation to the Republican National Committee; in the 
> previous two years, he made contributions of around $30,000 to the 
> National Republican Congressional Committee. He's also given 
> four-figure checks to a large number of mostly Republican candidates, 
> including Rep. Paul Ryan, George Allen and Mitch McConnell.
>
> So the new boss–for now–at NPR is a former financial industry lobbyist 
> who is a regular donor to Republican politicians, with ties to two 
> prominent conservative think tanks. When NPR finds a new boss, he'll 
> continue to be a member of NPR's board.
>
> According to right-wing mythology, NPR is a decidedly left-wing media 
> outlet, living off government subsidies and pushing a liberal agenda. 
> That's not at all true when it comes to what's on the air–or who's on 
> the board.
>
> [See <http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/how-public-is-public-radio/>.]
>
>
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