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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/02/04/dont-let-smear-us-fake-news/ Don't Let Them Smear Us as "Fake News"]</h3> | |||
In February, ALEC posted an op-ed trying to smear the Center for Media and Democracy as "fake news," a bogus attack from the Koch-backed corporate bill mill. | |||
The truth? CMD has written hundreds of stories documenting ALEC's pay-to-play operation--where corporations secretly vote as equals with legislators on “model” bills to change our rights. Our research has helped fuel thousands of stories about ALEC in news outlets across the country and the globe, like the ''New York Times'', the ''Guardian'', the BBC, the ''Washington Post'', PBS, and many more. | |||
ALEC's "fake news" smear is designed to minimize the impact of our investigations. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/02/04/dont-let-smear-us-fake-news/ here]. | |||
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/25/betsy-devos-ethics-report-reveals-ties-student-debt-collection-firm/ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm]</h3> | <h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/25/betsy-devos-ethics-report-reveals-ties-student-debt-collection-firm/ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm]</h3> | ||
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Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since 2010, he has been the Attorney General of Oklahoma, having previously served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 1999 to 2006. | Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since 2010, he has been the Attorney General of Oklahoma, having previously served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 1999 to 2006. | ||
Pruitt was the subject of a Pulitzer prize winning ''New York Times'' investigation in 2014 ("Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General") which described "the unprecedented, secretive alliance that Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation's top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda". He [https://www.linkedin.com/in/e-scott-pruitt-3b771653 describes himself] as "a leading advocate against the EPA's activist agenda | Pruitt was the subject of a Pulitzer prize winning ''New York Times'' investigation in 2014 ("Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General") which described "the unprecedented, secretive alliance that Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation's top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda". He [https://www.linkedin.com/in/e-scott-pruitt-3b771653 describes himself] as "a leading advocate against the EPA's activist agenda." Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/18/scott-pruitt-trump-pick-epa/ here]. | ||
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Don't Let Them Smear Us as "Fake News"In February, ALEC posted an op-ed trying to smear the Center for Media and Democracy as "fake news," a bogus attack from the Koch-backed corporate bill mill. The truth? CMD has written hundreds of stories documenting ALEC's pay-to-play operation--where corporations secretly vote as equals with legislators on “model” bills to change our rights. Our research has helped fuel thousands of stories about ALEC in news outlets across the country and the globe, like the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Washington Post, PBS, and many more. ALEC's "fake news" smear is designed to minimize the impact of our investigations. Read the rest of this item here. Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection FirmPublic education advocates are demanding another hearing on Trump nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, after her dismal performance in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee (HELP) January 17th and after the late release of her ethics report on January 20th. The report, available here, details some 102 companies that might pose a conflict of interest for DeVos and sheds new light on the nominee’s investments and ethics. Read the rest of this item here. Scott Pruitt: Trump’s Pick for EPAScott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since 2010, he has been the Attorney General of Oklahoma, having previously served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 1999 to 2006. Pruitt was the subject of a Pulitzer prize winning New York Times investigation in 2014 ("Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General") which described "the unprecedented, secretive alliance that Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation's top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda". He describes himself as "a leading advocate against the EPA's activist agenda." Read the rest of this item here. |