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Think Again: As a Matter of Fact

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Politifact Lie of the Year, Koch Industries, Factcheck.org, Politifact, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Fact Checking, Media News
Eric Alterman

When fact-checking organizations tend to find many more conservative lies than liberal ones, rather than respond that conservatives tell far more lies, the fact-checkers go looking for liberal fabrications and find them whether they exist or not.

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Spot On National Mall Will Be Named For Koch Brother

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: David Koch, Video, Koch Brothers, District of Columbia, David Koch Dinosaur Hall, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Museum of Natural History, Koch Industries, Koch Dinosaur Hall, Libertarian Party, Dc Museums, David Koch Smithsonian, DC News

WASHINGTON — An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinos...

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Climate Change Obama Can Believe In: Why Global Warming Will Heat Campaign Trail in Coming Months

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Antiscience, Koch Industries, Climate Denial, Climate Change, Koch Brothers, Barack Obama, Obama Romney Climate Change, 2012 Climate Change, Elections 2012, Video, Green News
Shawn Lawrence Otto

Romney appears to be trapped in Obama's message box on it: if he vascillates again he will alienate far right supporters who believe climate change is all a vast hoax. If he doesn't, he stands to lose mainstream centrist voters to Obama.

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The Koch Brothers Exposed

Rolling Stone | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Koch Industries, Koch Brother, Koch Brothers Exposed, Koch, Politics News

If the Koch brothers didn't exist, the left would have to invent them. They're the plutocrats from central casting -- oil-and-gas billionaires ready t...

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The Koch Brothers Behaving Like Children

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: David Koch, Msnbc, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Public Relations, Koch Industries, Karen Finney, Media News
Ari Rabin-Havt

For heirs whose fortunes are rooted in their father's work building refineries for Stalin during his first five-year plan, David and Charles Koch just...

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Paul Blumenthal

Gingrich Super PAC Donor Moves His Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Fred Upton, John Boehner, Super PACs, Elections 2012, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Campaign Finance, Pacs, Video, Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, Koch Industries, Jeb Hensarling, Newt Gingrich, Kevin McCarthy, Pete Sessions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A super PAC launched to protect the Republican Party majority in the House of Representatives received its biggest infusion of cash to d...

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Top Ten Koch Facts

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: David Koch, Cato Institute, Joseph Stalin, New Yorker, Koch Brothers, Keystone XL Pipeline, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Native Americans, Climate Change, Cancer, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Brave New Foundation, Alternet, Think Progress, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava

Everyone seems to be investigating Charles and David Koch lately, with exposés of their corrupt political behavior popping up in places like the New ...

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Why Coca-Cola Cut Its Ties With A Right-Wing Group

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Video, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Boycott, Voter Identification, Voter ID Laws, Koch Industries, Coca-Cola Boycott, Wal-Mart, Voter ID, Business News

Voter ID laws are quickly becoming a hot-button issue -- and Coca-Cola is jumping back from the heat. The soft-drink company has severed its ties w...

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Kochs, Lies and Videotape

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Melissa Cohlmia, Resegregation, David Koch, Wal-Mart, Americans for Prosperity, Alec, Charles Koch, Crossett Arkansas, Koch Industries, Voter ID Laws, Cancer, Koch Brothers Exposed, Brave New Foundation, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

This week as I premiered my new film, Koch Brothers Exposed -- the result of a year-long investigation on how two billionaires are using their wealth ...

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Would the Kochs Rather Attack Me Than Stop Cancer? (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: David Koch, Anthony Samsel, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Crossett Arkansas, Koch Industries, Carcinogens, Cancer, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Georgia Pacific, Brave New Foundation, Video, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

We challenge the Koch brothers to engage in an honest debate. We challenge them to see the film and show one false claim. Generalizing about bias and false claims is easy; actually rebutting what we've documented is another matter.

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What the Koch Brothers Say Online But Won't Say Under Oath

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: David Koch, Congress, Henry Waxman, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Charles Koch, Keystone XL Pipeline, Brave New Foundation, Koch Industries, Video, Green News
Robert Greenwald

Why will Charles and David Koch produce a video about their position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and not testify before Congress about it?

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Lucia Graves

House Democrats Seek To Subpoena Koch Industries Over Keystone XL

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Keystone Approval, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Video, Koch Brothers, Lee Terry, Keystone Permit, Keystone XL Pipeline, Ed Whitfield, Koch Industries, Henry Waxman, Solyndra, State Department, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Green News

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats took the political offensive on Keystone Wednesday, seeking to probe connections between the multi-billion dollar projec...

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Are the Koch Brothers Teaching You? [VIDEO]

Robert Greenwald | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Video, Ayn Rand, Koch Industries, David Kcoh, Koch Foundation, Charles Koch, College Donations, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

What's happening to academia in Florida demands national attention. Billionaires Charles and David Koch are infringing on intellectual freedom and independence in colleges and universities.

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The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: News Corp, Koch Brothers, Republican Presidential Candidates, Koch Industries, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Fox News, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Newt Gingrich, Climate Science, Climate Science Denial, Science News
Peter H. Gleick

The scientific evidence for the accelerating human influence on climate further strengthened, as it has for decades now. Yet on the policy front, once again, national leaders did little to stem the growing emissions of greenhouse gases.

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'Green News Report' - December 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Fracking, Oil Subsidies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, West Virginia, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Pollution, Coal, Radiation, Methane, Drought, Video, Heat Wave, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Coal Mining, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Massey Energy, Farming, Fukushima, Ipcc, Carbon Emissions, Nuclear Power, Crops, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Permafrost, Pennsylvania, Army, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unfccc, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Upper Big Branch Mine, Wind Power, Global Climate Mitigation, Americans for Prosperity, Cancer, Grist, Tim Phillips, Toxic Chemicals, Jon Huntsman, Koch Industries, Ethanol, Adaptation, James Inhofe, National Journal, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Triumph o...

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Denial of Facts Is No Way to Understand Science

James Hoggan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Climate Science, Fraser Institute, Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail, Koch Industries, Climate Change, Climategate, Confirmation Bias, Motivated Reasoning, Green News
James Hoggan

There was a time when I couldn't understand what motivated writers like Margaret Wente to stand so firmly against such clear and solid science. The psychology of "confirmation bias" has provided the answer for me.

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'Green News Report' - November 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Richard Muller, Glaciers, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Wyoming, Green News Report, Pollution, Canada, Conservatives, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Transcanada, Carbon Emissions, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Dept of Energy, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Green News, Fox News, Koch Industries, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Native Americans, Stephen Colbert, Rocky Mountain Institute, Bill Mckibben, Fukushima, Ipcc, Nuclear Power, Coral Reefs, Japan, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Occupy Wal...

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Cain's Other Scandal

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Tea Party, Americans for Prosperity, Election 2012, Mark Block, Koch Industries, Herman Cain, Politics News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Mark Block, Herman Cain's chief of staff, has been implicated in a host of campaign financing improprieties. And as researchers pore over financial documents, they have found substantial links between Cain, Block, and the Koch Brothers.

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'Green News Report' - November 10, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Antarctica, Glaciers, Fracking, Australia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Rising Sea Level, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Oklahoma, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Lobbying, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Green News, Koch Industries, Fox News, U.S. Geological Survey, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, China, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Perry can...

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Koch Brother Walks Through D.C. Protest Crowd Noticed (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: David Koch, Video, Polluterwatch, Koch Brothers, Occupydc, Climate Skeptics, Koch Industries, Climate Change, Occupy Dc, Greenpeace, Defending the American Dream Summit, DC News

WASHINGTON -- After seeing The Huffington Post's recent story about David Koch reportedly walking unnoticed through a crowd of protesters -- who were ...

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'Green News Report' - November 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Conservatives, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Biofuels, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Fox News, Koch Industries, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Australia, Antarctica, Carbon Tax, Glaciers, Fracking, Rising Sea Level, Oklahoma, Carbon Emissions, Earthquake, Occupy Wall Street, U.S. Geological Survey, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, China, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Massive p...

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Are the Koch Brothers Denying Your Vote? (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald and Judith Browne Dianis | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: David Koch, Brave New Foundation, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Voter Suppression, Expose the Kochs, The Advancement Project, Koch Voter Id, Judith Browne Dianis, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Eric Holder, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Video, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Judith Browne Dianis

If you live in one of 38 states, billionaire political operatives Charles and David Koch are trying to influence your and your neighbors' constitutional right to vote.

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Don't Let Obama Take a Koch Check

Robert Greenwald | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Tar Sands Action, David Koch, Climate Change, Koch Tar Sands, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Koch Brothers Exposed, Expose the Kochs, Koch Brothers, Keystone Pipeline, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Keystone XL oil pipeline is emblematic of a lot that we've learned about the Koch brothers. Whenever possible, the brothers try operating in the shadows and attacking the truth so that they can get richer in secret.

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'Green News Report' - November 3, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Population, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Radiation, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Farming, Fukushima, Biofuels, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Koch Industries, Fox News, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Michael Mann, Nuclear, Organic, Coal Ash, Barack Obama, Texas, Keystone XL Pipeline, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The buck ...

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Best Koch Brothers TV Expose Yet: Al Jazeera -- People and Power (VIDEO)

Kert Davies | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Tim Phillips, Cato Institute, Jane Mayer, Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Center for Media and Democracy, Patrick Michaels, Koch Industries, Al Jazeera, Greenpeace, Thinkprogress, Video, Green News
Kert Davies

"People and Power" on Al Jazeera has been working for months on the Koch Brothers expose. It premiered last night and is the best TV story of the Kochs thus far.

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