Koch Brothers Plan to Buy up Eight Major Newspapers<\/a> by Annie Rose Strasser in AlterNet.<\/p>\nThe Text:<\/strong> The billionaire oil moguls Charles and David Koch are pushing ahead with their plans to purchase several news outlets across the United States, according to a detailed report in the New York Times on Sunday.<\/p>\nAt a recent seminar in Aspen, one attendee reported that the brothers \u2014 infamous for bankrolling conservative candidates and causes \u2014 put forth the question of, \u201cHow do we make sure our voice is being heard?\u201d Their answer, it seems, will be to purchase the entire Tribune company, which constitutes a huge swath of American print media:<\/p>\n
The papers, valued at roughly $623 million, would be a financially diminutive deal for Koch Industries, the energy and manufacturing conglomerate based in Wichita, Kan., with annual revenue of about $115 billion.<\/p>\n
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Politically, however, the papers could serve as a broader platform for the Kochs\u2019 laissez-faire ideas. The Los Angeles Times is the fourth-largest paper in the country, and The Tribune is No. 9, and others are in several battleground states, including two of the largest newspapers in Florida, The Orlando Sentinel and The Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. A deal could include Hoy, the second-largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, which speaks to the pivotal Hispanic demographic.<\/p>\n
In total, the Tribune company is responsible for eight print publications.<\/p>\n
Charles and David Koch\u2019s money has been instrumental in getting anti-climate politicians into office, and in funding anti-climate science studies. The brothers have also funded with the secretive conservative network ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council), which has crafted \u201cmodel legislation\u201d for voter ID laws that limit voting rights, particularly for low-income people of color. The group was also responsible for the so-called \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law that temporarily allowed Trayvon Martin\u2019s killer, George Zimmerman, to walk free.<\/p>\n
The brothers also tried to influence the latest election by warning some 45,000 employees that there would be \u201c consequences\u201d if they didn\u2019t vote for Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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