Lunchbox Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 John Kerry's Wife Do you find it strange that Kerry's wife is never with him? Do you find it strange that you never hear any thing about her? This may be why! As time goes on, we're just getting to know the possible future First Lady of the United States of America, and it is quite interesting. You'll be hearing even more about Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic front-runner. She has quite a track record, especially when it comes to the causes she donates to. One of her favorite charities is the Tides Foundation. What is that, you ask? This foundation sends hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that protested the invasion of Iraq; that demands open U.S. borders; and provides legal defense for suspected terrorists. Among other groups supported by Kerry's wife: Ramsey Clark's International Action Center. This is the same Ramsey Clark that offered to defend Saddam Hussein. Another group seeks to ease restrictions on immigration from terrorist nations. Another group has links to the terrorist group Hamas. And on and on. American jobs are OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry! We need to ask: Why not manufacture in America and ship finished products overseas? How many American workers are in these Heinz overseas factories? HEINZ WATTIE'S AUSTRALASIA - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. - Republic of Singapore HEINZ WATTIE'S LIMITED - Auckland, New Zealand HEINZ JAPAN LTD - Tokyo, Japan HEINZ-UFE LTD. - Guangzhou, People's Republic of China HEINZ COSCO - Qingdao, People's Republic of China HEINZ KOREA LTD. - Inchon, South Korea HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD. - Bangkok, Thailand HEINZ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Mumbai, India PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA - Jakarta, Indonesia PT HEINZ SUPRAMA - Surabaya, Indonesia HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES - Manila, the Philippines HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED - Wanchai, Hong Kong H. J. HEINZ (Botswana) (Proprietary) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana KGALAGADI SOAP INDUSTRIES (Pty) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana REFINED OIL PRODUCTS (Pty) LTD - Gaborone, Botswana OLIVINE INDUSTRIES (Private) LIMITED - Harare, Zimbabwe CHEGUTU CANNERS (Pvt) LTD. - Chegutu, Zimbabwe HEINZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. - Johannesburg, South Africa HEINZ WELLINGTON'S (PTY) LTD. - Wellington, South Africa HEINZ EUROPE - Hayes, Middlesex, England H. J.. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Hayes Park, Hayes, Middlesex, England H. J.. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Rovereto, Italy H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Telford, England JOHN WEST FOODS LIMITED - Liverpool, England H. J. HEINZ FROZEN &CHILLED FOODS LIMITED - Hayes, Middlesex, England H. J. HEINZ COMPANY (IRELAND) LIMITED - Dublin, Ireland H..J. HEINZ COMPANY OF CANADA LTD - North York, Ontario, Canada OMSTEAD FOODS LIMITED - Wheatley, Ontario, Canada ALIMENTOS HEINZ C.A. - Caracas, Venezuela DISTRIBUIDORA BANQUETE, S.A. - San JosÈ, Costa Rica HEINZ ITALIA Sr.l. - Milan, Italy FATTORIA SCALDASOLE, S.p.a. - Monguzzo, Italy COPAIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, S.A. - Athens, Greece HEINZ POLSKA Sp. Z.O.O. - Warsaw, Poland PUDLISZKI S.A. - Pudliszki, Poland WODZISLAW, S.A. - Wodzislaw, Poland ETS. PAULET S.A - Douarnenez, France H. J. HEINZ FROZEN S.A.R.L. - Paris, France HEINZ IBERICA S.A. - Madrid, Spain IDAL (Industrias de Alimentac", Lda.) - Lisbon, Portugal MIEDZYCHOD S.A. - Miedzychod, Poland HEINZ C.I.S. - Moscow, Russia HEINZ GEORGIEVSK - Georgievsk, Russia CAIRO FOOD INDUSTRIES SAE - Cairo, Egypt HEINZ REMEDIA LIMITED - Tel Aviv, Israel STAR-KIST FOOD D'OR LIMITED - Haifa, Israel H. J. HEINZ GMBH - D̾ Ì"*ldorf, Germany SONNEN BASSERMANN - Seesen, Germany KONINKLIJKE DE RUIJTER BV - The Netherlands HAK BV - The Netherlands FOODMARK - The Netherlands HONIG MERKARTIKELEN BV - The Netherlands DRUKKERIJ DE GROENBOER - The Netherlands H. J. HEINZ B.V . - Elst, The Netherlands H. J. HEINZ BELGIUM S.A. - Brussels, Belgium SERV-A-PORTION - Turnhout, Belgium Arimpex Industrie Alimentari S.R.L. - Rovereto, Italy Comexo S.A. - Chateaurenard, France HEINZ EUROPE - UK and IRELAND - Factories: Chorley, Fakenham, Grimsby, Kendal, Kitt Green, Leaminton, Luton, Okehampton, Telford, Westwick Think of the conflict of interest a President would have who's wife owns business interests in all of these countries.... I don't think John Kerry's Vietnam service is going to make people look the other way on this stuff. Talk about "sending jobs overseas"!!! We could employ a lot of Americans in all those plants, ie. factories!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potatopotato Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Yeah, but you'd just be playin ketchup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skielty1 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Spy picture of Lunchbox as he was sitting at the keyboard entering this thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldev Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 C'mon Steve...you usually have a better reply than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 He is right. The truth is all those plants are in the USA. I lied I put lots of time into it too Look at My Webpage My Other Webpage Americas Europe, Middle East and Africa Southern Africa Pacific Rim and Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo94 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 So LR is Deep Throat.....hmmmmmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Spirit Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 "Buy Buy American or its bye bye America" Joe Danno . Chicago. Center of the Universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCH Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 OK Lunchbox, most of the time I think you hit the nail on the head, but this time, I think you hit your thumb. I wouldn't vote for Kerry if he were the only one on the ballot, as I think he is about the lowest piece of flotsam on the face of this earth. BUT, let's get real about the Heinz factories for a few minutes. First off, those factories serve the local people there, not us in the USA, all of our Heinz products are produced here in the USA. Why is it? Because that is the way they deliver fresh products. They are not displacing any American workers that way. The other fact that needs to be addressed is, she inherited a fortune all right, but she does not sit on the board. She has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the Heinz corporation, she just gets money like a good whore. You don't need to go off on a campaign based on the same types of facts that Kerry uses (lies), we expect better of you. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 OK Lunchbox, most of the time I think you hit the nail on the head, but this time, I think you hit your thumb. I wouldn't vote for Kerry if he were the only one on the ballot, as I think he is about the lowest piece of flotsam on the face of this earth. BUT, let's get real about the Heinz factories for a few minutes. First off, those factories serve the local people there, not us in the USA, all of our Heinz products are produced here in the USA. Why is it? Because that is the way they deliver fresh products. They are not displacing any American workers that way. The other fact that needs to be addressed is, she inherited a fortune all right, but she does not sit on the board. She has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the Heinz corporation, she just gets money like a good whore. You don't need to go off on a campaign based on the same types of facts that Kerry uses (lies), we expect better of you. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming............... Hey, in the Michael Moore school of logic and thought I have told not a single lie. And those are the people I am talking to quite a bit of the time. So if they want to use their logic so can I, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycox Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 BUT, let's get real about the Heinz factories for a few minutes. First off, those factories serve the local people there, not us in the USA, all of our Heinz products are produced here in the USA. Why is it? Because that is the way they deliver fresh products. They are not displacing any American workers that way. The other fact that needs to be addressed is, she inherited a fortune all right, but she does not sit on the board. She has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the Heinz corporation, she just gets money like a good whore. Excellant point, without knowing I would bet that the products made in those factories are not imported back in this country except for maybe a few ethnic sauces and specialties which doesnt displace ANY US workers but does take in alot of bottom line profits from other countries........ Kinda like Toyota, Nissan and a few others have been doing from us for years..... sounds like its the real basis of the All American dream and smart business to me! Oh and I liked the whore remark..... added abit of flavor to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skielty1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 OK Lunchbox, most of the time I think you hit the nail on the head, but this time, I think you hit your thumb. I wouldn't vote for Kerry if he were the only one on the ballot, as I think he is about the lowest piece of flotsam on the face of this earth. BUT, let's get real about the Heinz factories for a few minutes. First off, those factories serve the local people there, not us in the USA, all of our Heinz products are produced here in the USA. Why is it? Because that is the way they deliver fresh products. They are not displacing any American workers that way. The other fact that needs to be addressed is, she inherited a fortune all right, but she does not sit on the board. She has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the Heinz corporation, she just gets money like a good whore. You don't need to go off on a campaign based on the same types of facts that Kerry uses (lies), we expect better of you. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming............... Hey, in the Michael Moore school of logic and thought I have told not a single lie. And those are the people I am talking to quite a bit of the time. So if they want to use their logic so can I, right? To put it in the most charitable politically correct parlance, if your post wasn't a lie, it was at the very least, factually challenged. Oh, hell, let's call a spade a spade, it was a lie. Unlike the typical anonymous "forward it to all of your friends" internet chain letter, there are actually any number of non-partisan, well-sourced rebuttals to these "let me make up some shit and get my 15 minutes of fame" wet dreams. From FactCheck.org: Summary False allegations about Kerry's wife have been circulating for months, but the velocity of the Internet "whispering campaign" picked up substantially with the approach of the Fall campaign. One false message claims Teresa Heinz Kerry gave $4 million to a foundation that used the funds to support a list of "radical" groups including one with alleged links to Hamas and another that is said to have offered to provide a lawyer for Saddam Hussein. But public records show otherwise. Heinz Kerry's foundation money was directed to projects such as "Sustainable Pittsburgh," which promotes "smart growth" strategies. Another widely circulated e-mail claims Kerry and his wife "own" dozens of H.J. Heinz Company factories in Europe and Asia. It accuses Kerry of hypocrisy for denouncing offshoring of US jobs while "making millions off that cheap labor." That's also false: neither of them own Heinz. Public records show Heinz Kerry isn't an officer of the company, isn't on the company's board of directors, and isn't even close to being the largest shareholder. The Heinz Endowments do own Heinz stock -- less than 4% of the company -- but income from that stock goes to charity, not to the Kerrys personally. Analysis FactCheck.org has received hundreds of copies of these two e-mails from subscribers who asked us to check out whether there's any truth to them. They have been circulating like a virus, relayed by people who either don't bother to check out whether they are true, or don't care. It's the modern equivalent of the old "whispering campaign" in which false rumors served as political weapons. Teresa Heinz Kerry and the Tides Foundation The more virulent of these nasty, false mailings alleges that she's given more than $4 million to the Tides Foundation of San Francisco to fund a variety of "radical" groups including some that the message suggests are supportive of terrorists. To start, that's flatly denied by Maxwell King, the President of the Heinz Endowments. King told FactCheck.org: King: Neither she nor her foundations has ever funded any of the extremist organizations or unpatriotic causes listed in the email you forwarded. Period. The Tides Foundation also says that no Heinz funds have gone to any of the groups named in the e-mail. Further, it says Tides itself gives little or no money to several of them. Christopher J. Herrera, Director of Communications of the Tides Foundation, told us that the allegation about a Ramsey Clark group is utterly false, for example: Herrera: We have made no grants to this organization nor can we find any association with it in our records. According to Herrera, Tides Foundation gifts to the National Lawyers Guild total "approximately $30,000 over the last ten years," and donations to the Council on Islamic Relations amounted to a single $5,000 grant in 2002 for a Southern California project called the "Interfaith Coalition Against Hate Crimes." But even those relatively small sums didn't come from Heinz money as alleged. Where $8 million went Both groups say the only money given directly to the Tides Foundation by the Heinz Endowments was $230,000 given between 1994 and 1998, all used to support a pollution-prevention initiative and other environmental projects in Western Pennsylvania. Much larger sums have gone through a related legal entity called the Tides Center, which administers grants for groups receiving donations that are not themselves incorporated as a nonprofit organization. The Tides Center takes a fee, typically between 7% and 9%, for handling payrolls, disbursing, legal and administrative work, but the rest legally must go to the group for which the donor intended it. The Heinz Endowments released a list of grants totaling $8.1 million given through Tides since 1994. None of the money went for the "radical" groups named in the e-mail.Instead, the grants included such sums as: • 1.6 million for "Sustainable Pittsburgh," which promotes such projects as "bike to work week." • Just over $1 million for the "Chemical Strategies Partnership," which looks for ways to cut the use of chemicals in industry. • $800,000 for the "Green Building Alliance ," which promotes buildings that use less energy. • Nearly $1.4 million for the "Pennsylvania Energy Project," which spun off several renewable-energy projects before going out of business at the end of 2000. Included in the $8.1 million are grants from the Howard Heinz Endowment and also the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, which collectively make up the Heinz Endowments. Heinz Kerry chairs the Howard Heinz Endowment, the larger of the two, and is a member of the board of directors of the smaller Vira I. Heinz Endowment. The list appears to be accurate: FactCheck.org checked each grant on the list against those that the Heinz endowments reported to the US Internal Revenue Service on their form 990's for the five years 1998 through 2002. We found no discrepancies: all the grants on the master list matched grants reported on the IRS forms, where there could be legal penalties for false reporting. We would have checked 990's for other years but those before 1998 are not readily available, and the two Heinz endowments aren't scheduled to file their forms for 2003 until Aug. 15. (Anyone who wants to check for themselves can call up the Heinz form 990's here , where they are posted for all to see by Guidestar, a national database of nonprofit organizations. The service is free, but registration is required.) The Scaife Connection This false allegation has its roots in a study published in December, 2003 by the conservative Capital Research Center of Washington, DC. It stated that the Tides Foundation and Tides Center "effectively 'launder' donor dollars" so that "the original donor can’t be linked to the ultimate recipient." It said the Heinz Endowments had given $4,298,500 to Tides between 1995 and 2001. That turned out to be much less than the actual amount, and far from being "laundered," donations from Heinz are listed on the endowment's website as well as in publicly available form 990's. One of the study's authors then wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, accusing Heinz of teaming with Tides to engage in "secretive funneling of cash . . . to extreme left-wing activist groups." In fact, none of the Heinz money was actually earmarked for any of the organizations listed. Nevertheless, the two articles have been quoted widely on conservative newspaper editorial pages and on conservative websites, one of which is quoted in the bogus e-mail we cite here. Worth noting is that the publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is conservative Republican donor Richard Mellon Scaife, whose charities also gave $260,000 to Capital Research in 2002, according to a March 7 report in the rival Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Scaife attracted notice in the 1990's when he funded some of the journalistic investigations into Bill Clinton's affairs. It was the editorial page director for Scaife's Tribune-Review, Colin McNickle, whom Heinz Kerry told to "shove it" in a much-reported incident during the Democratic National Convention July 25. Heinz Kerry and the Overseas Food Factories Another e-mail that many of our subscribers have asked about claims -- falsely -- that Heinz Kerry and her husband "own" factories overseas and hypocritically are "making millions off all that cheap labor" while denouncing Bush for letting jobs go to other countries. This one can also be proved false from publicly available records. In fact, Heinz Kerry has no role in running the food company. As the H.J. Heinz Company reports in its most recent proxy statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Heinz Kerry is not on the company's board of directors, nor is she listed among the principal shareholders (those who control 5% or more of the outstanding shares). The charitable foundations she controls once held much more Heinz stock but sold off most of it nearly a decade ago to diversify their investments. The Heinz company said in a recent public statement that she currently controls less than 4% of the company's stock. The largest shareholder is actually a California investment company that owns roughly three times as much as the Heinz charitable foundations. About all that is true in this e-mail is that the Heinz company has a number of factories overseas. Its most recent annual report, also publicly available at the SEC's website, lists 32 factories owned in Europe (and three more leased), and 18 in Asia and the Pacific (plus four more leased). Heinz also reported selling just over $3 billion in products in Europe and more than $1 billion more in Asia and the Pacific -- accounting for roughly half the company's global sales. The company issued a statement back in March, when this e-mail first began circulating, saying that 60% of its sales are outside the US (including those in Mexico and Canada as well as Europe and Asia) and that it locates plants in other countries "to accommodate those customers by providing facilities closer to those markets" and "to pack the freshest ingredients, tailor its recipes to local tastes and deliver the final products in a timely and efficient manner." The company also distanced itself from the Kerry campaign and Heinz Kerry: H.J. Heinz Co: In light of some misleading speculation, the H. J. Heinz Company would like to make clear that neither Mrs. Teresa Heinz Kerry, Senator John Kerry nor any member of their family is involved in the management or board of the H. J. Heinz Company. . . . They have no involvement in the Heinz® Ketchup business or any of the company’s other brands or products. The Heinz company also said it is "nonpartisan." Worth noting, however, is that the company's Political Action Committee has given nearly all its donations to Republican candidates, including $5,000 to the Bush campaign and nothing to Kerry's as of the most recent reports available. That's additional evidence, as if any was needed, that the company isn't "owned" by Kerry's wife. Update: On Aug. 9 the H.J. Heinz Company's Vice President for Corporate Communications, Debora S. Foster, sent us a letter stating that its PAC's practice is to support both major-party presidential nominees, "and because the Kerry campaign does not accept PAC contributions, (the Heinz PAC) is donating $5,000 to the Democratic National Committee." We received the letter Aug. 12 and are happy to note the clarification Sources Heinz Endowments, "The Heinz Endowments Grants to Tides Center / Tides Foundation," news release, undated. Howard Heinz Endowment, IRS Form 990PF, fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. Vira I Heinz Endowment, a Pennsylvania Non Profit Corp, IRS Form 990PF, fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. Gretchen Randall and Tom Randall, "The Tides Foundation: Liberal Crossroads of Money and Ideas," Foundation Watch, Capital Research Center, Washington DC, December 2003. Tom Randall, "The Heinz Endowments have teamed with a secretive left-wing group ," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , 14 Dec. 14, 2003. (Also here ). Dennis B. Roddy, "Right zooms in on Heinz grants; Heinz Kerry's foundation work provide grist for foes," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 7 march 2003. H.J. Heinz Company, "SCHEDULE 14A, Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 2 July 2004. H.J. Heinz Company, "FORM 10-K: ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended April 28, 2004" 17 June 2004. H.J. Heinz Company, "H.J. Heinz Company Confirms Its Widely Held Public Ownership And Non-Partisan Status," news release, 22 March 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Let's talk about lies. Clinton lied about a Blow Job. Bush lied and it cost the lives of our son's & daughters. Who got impeached ? Somewhere in Texas a Village is Missing it's Idiot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Factcheck.org? Who is checking on Factcheck.org I don't believe anything they checked is true. They are funded by the weak liberal left. And read by the same cause they can't think for themselves!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCH Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 OK Lunchbox, most of the time I think you hit the nail on the head, but this time, I think you hit your thumb. I wouldn't vote for Kerry if he were the only one on the ballot, as I think he is about the lowest piece of flotsam on the face of this earth. BUT, let's get real about the Heinz factories for a few minutes. First off, those factories serve the local people there, not us in the USA, all of our Heinz products are produced here in the USA. Why is it? Because that is the way they deliver fresh products. They are not displacing any American workers that way. The other fact that needs to be addressed is, she inherited a fortune all right, but she does not sit on the board. She has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the Heinz corporation, she just gets money like a good whore. You don't need to go off on a campaign based on the same types of facts that Kerry uses (lies), we expect better of you. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming............... Hey, in the Michael Moore school of logic and thought I have told not a single lie. And those are the people I am talking to quite a bit of the time. So if they want to use their logic so can I, right? Only if you want to be vile enough and sink to their lowlife, whaleshit level! I thought you were better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skielty1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Factcheck.org? Who is checking on Factcheck.org I don't believe anything they checked is true. They are funded by the weak liberal left. And read by the same cause they can't think for themselves!! Since when did an utter lack of facts make for a coherent argument? FactCheck.org's Mission Statement: We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by an endowment from the Annenberg Foundation. Walter Annenberg's Bio: U.S. Media Executive/Publisher/Diplomat As a media magnate Walter Annenberg controlled important properties in the newspaper, television, and magazine industries. Perhaps most significantly, he was responsible for the creation of TV Guide, the largest circulation weekly magazine in the world, a magazine central to understanding television in America. He was also very active in the arena of American politics, and served as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James. In his later life, Annenberg became renowned for his substantial philanthropic activities, which included significant donations to educational institutions and public television. When his father was imprisoned for tax evasion, Annenberg took over the family publishing business. Triangle Publications, particularly The Daily Racing Form, proved to be extremely profitable, and Annenberg looked for ways to expand his company at precisely the time television was beginning to emerge as America's communications medium of the future. Inspired by a Philadelphia area television magazine called TV Digest, Annenberg conceived the idea of publishing a national television feature magazine, which he would then wrap around local television listings. The idea came to fruition when Annenberg purchased TV Digest, along with the similar publications TV Forecast from Chicago, and TV Guide from New York. He combined their operations to form TV Guide in 1953, and quickly expanded the magazine by creating new regional editions and purchasing existing television listings publications in other markets. Annenberg and his aide, Merrill Panitt (who would go on to become TV Guide' s editorial director), realized that in order achieve the circulation necessary to make their publication a truly mass medium, they needed to go beyond the fan magazine approach that had been typical of most earlier television and radio periodicals. Because of this desire, they created a magazine that was both a staunch booster of the American system of television, yet at times also one of the most visible critics of the medium's more egregious perceived shortcomings. TV Guide' s editors often encouraged the magazine's readers to support quality television programs struggling to gain an audience. In fact, TV Guide' s greatest accomplishment under Annenberg may have been the magazine's success in walking the fine line between encouraging and prodding the medium to achieve its full potential without becoming too far removed from the prevailing tastes of the mass viewing public. As a consequence, TV Guide became extremely popular and widely read, and very influential among those in the television industry. A large number of distinguished authors wrote articles for the magazine over the years, including such names as Margaret Mead, Betty Friedan, John Updike, Gore Vidal, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Many of these writers were attracted by the lure of reaching TV Guide' s huge audience; at its peak in the late 1970s, TV Guide had a paid circulation of nearly 20 million copies per week. Annenberg remained supportive of conservative political causes throughout the years, and his efforts on behalf of Republicans were rewarded with his designation by President Richard Nixon as U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain in 1969. The appointment led Annenberg to sell his newspapers and television stations, but he retained TV Guide and remained active in managing the publication throughout his five-year tenure as Ambassador. Shortly after the election of his close friend, Ronald Reagan, as President in 1980 (he would endorse Reagan's re-election campaign in 1984 in TV Guide, the only such political endorsement ever to appear in the magazine), Annenberg announced a plan to provide the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with $150 million in funds over a fifteen year period to produce educational television programs through which viewers could obtain college credits. Annenberg's sympathy for educational causes had already been evidenced by his financial support of the Annenberg Schools of Communication at both the University of Pennsylvania and at the University of Southern California. His activities in this regard would grow even more pronounced in the years to come, particularly after his sale of TV Guide and Triangle Publications to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1988 for approximately $3 billion--at the time, the largest price ever commanded for a publishing property. Annenberg continued to make news after his sale of Triangle because of his many substantial donations to educational causes. In addition, Annenberg was also one of the country's foremost collectors of art, and in 1991, he bequeathed his extensive collection--valued at more than $1 billion--to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. His post-Triangle era charitable activities in the areas of education, art, and television served to further assure Annenberg's lasting legacy to a wide spectrum of American culture. Yeah, what a leftie that guy was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 skielty1 and others, What's good for the goose is good for the gander!! FactCheck.org I do believe is honest in their work. Remember they also show contradictions and lie’s on the other side as well Like….. Kerry's Dubious Economics 08.03.2004 - modified: 08.05.2004 He says new jobs are paying $9,000 less than the old ones. That's not a fact. Kerry Blames Corporate Tax Code for Shipping Jobs Overseas 07.28.2004 - modified: 07.28.2004 But economists say "outsourcing" jobs overseas is a minor problem that Kerry's plan wouldn't do much to fix. Bush's "16 Words" on Iraq & Uranium: He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn't Lying 07.26.2004 - modified: 08.23.2004 Two intelligence investigations show Bush had plenty of reason to believe what he said in his 2003 State of the Union Address. MoveOn PAC Internet Ad: Creative Editing 07.15.2004 - modified: 07.15.2004 Reality is one thing, and what political ads make of it is another. This ad pitting Cheney's words against Edwards' is a case in point. Economy Producing Mostly Bad Jobs? Not so fast. 07.09.2004 - modified: 07.28.2004 A new set of figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show HIGHER-paying jobs growing faster. A FactCheck.org exclusive. (But there's evidence on both sides). Anti-Bush Ad Overstates Case Against Halliburton 06.18.2004 - modified: 06.28.2004 Moveon Pac ad says administration gave contracts "on a silver platter," but government investigators say otherwise. Kerry Stays Positive, Avoids Specifics 06.01.2004 - modified: 06.01.2004 His latest ad is all generalities, no facts. Environmental Group's Ad Distorts Bush's Record on Florida Drilling 05.21.2004 - modified: 05.30.2004 It says he "opened up Florida's coast" to offshore oil and gas wells. That's off base -- by 100 miles. Twisted Facts and Falsehoods in Media Fund Ad 05.14.2004 - modified: 05.24.2004 Democratic group's ad claims Bush turned White House into "corporate headquarters," but backs that up with false claims. Outsourcing jobs: The PRESIDENT Said That? 04.03.2004 - modified: 04.03.2004 Kerry ad puts words in Bush's mouth that Bush never uttered. Democratic Internet Ad Confuses Fiction and Fact 03.24.2004 - modified: 03.30.2004 Animated cartoon claims Bush cuts education funding, but it's really up 58%. New Evidence Supports Bush Military Service (Mostly) 02.11.2004 - modified: 02.15.2004 Newly released records reflect payments and credits for Air National Guard service meeting minimum requirements, despite a six-month gap. Bush A Military “Deserter?” Calm Down, Michael 01.23.2004 - modified: 02.11.2004 Clark backer Michael Moore calls President Bush a “deserter” for missing Air National Guard drills 31 years ago. Puh-lease! And so on and so on ….. Anyone who would like to see these and other fine articles Click Here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skielty1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 You are absolutely right! What's good for the goose is definitely good for the gander. The difference is that I'm not the one posting the unfounded, strikingly easy to debunk rumors. That would be, uh, you. Wanna talk about the "lies" in the Taxes ad now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 You are absolutely right! What's good for the goose is definitely good for the gander. The difference is that I'm not the one posting the unfounded, strikingly easy to debunk rumors. That would be, uh, you. Wanna talk about the "lies" in the Taxes ad now? Bring em on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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