Quite frankly I have little respect for sincerity.
I'm pretty sure Che was sincere too.
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I'm pretty sure Che was sincere too.
LOL propublica is just a bunch of liberal hacks!
The founding Chairman is Herbert Sandler and The Sandler Foundation is the primary source of funding.
In the early 1980s, the Sandlers' World Savings Bank became the first to sell a tricky home loan called the option ARM. And they pushed the mortgage, which offered several ways to back-load your loan and thereby reduce your early payments, with increasing zeal and misleading advertisements over the next two decades. The couple pocketed $2.3 billion when they sold their bank to Wachovia in 2006. But losses on World Savings' loan portfolio led to the implosion of Wachovia, which was sold under duress late last year to Wells Fargo.
The Sandlers' response: "Don't Pin the Blame on Us"
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877343,00.html
And here is the other Chairman, Paul Steiger.
Yet one of the organizationâs key founders and major financial backers supports interests aligned with what would appear anathema to ProPublicaâs stated principles â namely, George Sorosâ Media Matters â an organization with a long and controversial past that has, even recently, come under fire for seeking to silence press with which it is ideologically opposed.
Headed by Paul Steiger, former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, ProPublicaâs reports have a long reach despite their non-profit origin. With nearly 100 partnerships at various news outlets including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and the L.A. Times, many of ProPublicaâs investigative reports touch a broad and diverse audience, thus helping to shape the nationâs daily narrative.
It comes as no surprise then, that critics might be unsettled by what they view an obvious conflict created by the incongruent interests of ProPublicaâs Chairman.
Copies of The Sandler Foundationâs 990 tax returns dating back to 2005 and the list of liberal organizations and leftist causes to which the foundation contributes are vast. From the Center for American Progress to the ACLU, far-left J-Street to Sorosâ Tides Foundation and Media Matters.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...outfit-propublica-funded-by-soros-affiliates/
The founding Chairman is Herbert Sandler and The Sandler Foundation is the primary source of funding.
In the early 1980s, the Sandlers' World Savings Bank became the first to sell a tricky home loan called the option ARM. And they pushed the mortgage, which offered several ways to back-load your loan and thereby reduce your early payments, with increasing zeal and misleading advertisements over the next two decades. The couple pocketed $2.3 billion when they sold their bank to Wachovia in 2006. But losses on World Savings' loan portfolio led to the implosion of Wachovia, which was sold under duress late last year to Wells Fargo.
The Sandlers' response: "Don't Pin the Blame on Us"
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877343,00.html
And here is the other Chairman, Paul Steiger.
Yet one of the organizationâs key founders and major financial backers supports interests aligned with what would appear anathema to ProPublicaâs stated principles â namely, George Sorosâ Media Matters â an organization with a long and controversial past that has, even recently, come under fire for seeking to silence press with which it is ideologically opposed.
Headed by Paul Steiger, former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, ProPublicaâs reports have a long reach despite their non-profit origin. With nearly 100 partnerships at various news outlets including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and the L.A. Times, many of ProPublicaâs investigative reports touch a broad and diverse audience, thus helping to shape the nationâs daily narrative.
It comes as no surprise then, that critics might be unsettled by what they view an obvious conflict created by the incongruent interests of ProPublicaâs Chairman.
Copies of The Sandler Foundationâs 990 tax returns dating back to 2005 and the list of liberal organizations and leftist causes to which the foundation contributes are vast. From the Center for American Progress to the ACLU, far-left J-Street to Sorosâ Tides Foundation and Media Matters.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...outfit-propublica-funded-by-soros-affiliates/
Informed opinions start with correct information that avoids innuendo.
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/george-soros
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
"The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies" by Chuck Sudetic; with an introduction by George Soros, and an afterward by Aryeh Neier, 173 Pgs. , Public Affairs, 2011. Available through Perseus Books Group, Philadelphia, PA.
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/george-soros
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
"The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies" by Chuck Sudetic; with an introduction by George Soros, and an afterward by Aryeh Neier, 173 Pgs. , Public Affairs, 2011. Available through Perseus Books Group, Philadelphia, PA.
There is a common misconception that the WSJ is conservative. It's editorial page does reflect a largely neo-conservative stance. The paper itself does not. It's Washington bureau for many years was run by Al Hunt, a notorious leftwinger whose wife is Judy Woodruff, another died in the wool liberal washington media figure. The Washington bureau is still very liberal and the paper itself is squarely in the MSM camp, with the exception of the editorial page.
Do you really expect the site's bio page to say"We are extreme liberals dedicated to promoting George Soros' radical leftwing views."
I suppose next you'll be telling me that Media Matters really only wants to correct inaccuracies in the media, and that FactChecker is nonpartisan and unbiased.
That's interesting about the Washington Bureau of WSJ. Thanks. I know very little to nothing about those other organizations you mentioned. Soros is a very complicated man, as there are nuances to his stances. He might give financial support to a cause or organization, for example, that he does not agree with entirely, but considers the alternative to be much worse.
I have read a considerable portion of what he has written, and I have read what others have written about him, including the comments here on ET. The latter were of no use in trying to understand this complex individual, because they were almost entirely futile attempts to associate his positions with someone else the writer thought unsavory, or brand him with a silly label, such as "lefty." I don't even know what is meant by that. I have the impression that those who are saying that Soros is a "lefty" don't know what a lefty is either, but they obviously, from their tone, think it's a bad thing.
Soros is a proponent of good government, so it is understandable why those who hate government, and want government to disappear from their lives, would not like him. This would probably be especially true of the crowd that sees a government conspiracy everywhere they look.
The more I read, the more I am beginning to believe that George Soros is among the people of the world that have had the greatest beneficial impact on humanity. Quite out of character compared to the stereotype of former hedge fund managers.
I read (twice) his lectures at the Central European University , which he founded and endowed by the way, and that little book is the single most important work on markets I have ever read, and I read a lot! I can highly recommend this book to you if you are interested in making money from the markets.
I have read a considerable portion of what he has written, and I have read what others have written about him, including the comments here on ET. The latter were of no use in trying to understand this complex individual, because they were almost entirely futile attempts to associate his positions with someone else the writer thought unsavory, or brand him with a silly label, such as "lefty." I don't even know what is meant by that. I have the impression that those who are saying that Soros is a "lefty" don't know what a lefty is either, but they obviously, from their tone, think it's a bad thing.
Soros is a proponent of good government, so it is understandable why those who hate government, and want government to disappear from their lives, would not like him. This would probably be especially true of the crowd that sees a government conspiracy everywhere they look.
The more I read, the more I am beginning to believe that George Soros is among the people of the world that have had the greatest beneficial impact on humanity. Quite out of character compared to the stereotype of former hedge fund managers.
I read (twice) his lectures at the Central European University , which he founded and endowed by the way, and that little book is the single most important work on markets I have ever read, and I read a lot! I can highly recommend this book to you if you are interested in making money from the markets.
No one is a proponent of bad government, and no one (that I know) thinks government should disappear from our lives. But there is a balance that needs to be struck, and government has gone way beyond that balance long ago. It is no longer a benevolent entity, looking to support it's people. It is a cancerous tumor that destroys creativity, stifles growth and robs us of our future.
If Soros were what you claimed he was, he would be railing against the current administration with all his (considerable) might.
If only that balance equation/formula was written somewhere . . .