The Washington Post: Fraud, Lobbying and Insider Trading Exposed

Chalk it up as another example of public information being ignored by the mainstream press, but this one is beyond the pale. While much of America recognizes the Kaplan brand as a company involved in higher education, few know that they operate as part of The Washington Post Company. Fewer might know that 58 percent of The Post’s value is attributed to the Kaplan subsidiary. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg that has been ignored by the press.

Accuracy in Media’s Center for Investigative Journalism released a study detailing exactly how low CEO Donald Graham and The Post will go to keep their doors open.

Some fun facts uncovered in the research:

-Kaplan University has a consistent dropout rate of 70 percent. If you’re one of the lucky ones who walk the stage, odds are you’ll earn less than the national average for college graduates.

-The Post’s lobbyists do not like that their income received from federal student loan programs are capped at 90 percent. Post CEO Don Graham has openly threatened Congress that he’ll jack up tuition until the cap is removed.

-Are you a veteran? Kaplan University wants you to enroll today. Your GI Bill and Department of Defense tuition funds are exempt from federal assistance caps.

-Kaplan recruiters are trained to seek out students near the poverty line and are encouraged to use “true pain and fear” tactics to sign up.

-The Graham family isn’t clean in this either. Before severe drops to The Washington Post Co. stock price, they sold $40 million worth of shares.

It really isn’t surprising that The Post wouldn’t come clean on this, given its dependence on the Kaplan cash cow. While some news outlets have discussed various aspects to this case, a complete picture has not been shown until now. In order to truly fight back against the corrupt mainstream press, you must understand how its business and finances work.

Read the full report here.

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A Prime Example of How The Main Stream Media Protects Barack Obama (Video)

I saw this over at Hot Air, and as I watched it, I could believe how quickly Soledad O’Brien started attacking Joel Pollack and defending Barack Obama and racialist Derek Bell.

It’s a stunning display of how overt the media has become in its support of Obama:

What a disgusting display of journalistic malpractice. The only member of that entire panel with a shred of integrity is Amy Holmes, who had the spine to question why we didn’t see this in 2008.

The rest started minimizing the radicalism of Bell, defending the president, and attacking Joel.

This is why the alternative media is so important. The main stream media has forgotten what it is here for.

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Dem Congresswomen Refuse to Condemn Bill Maher’s Vile Comments About Palin (Video)

Two radical Democrat Congresswomen were confronted by freelance journalist Ed Frank and asked to comment on Bill Maher’s referral to Sarah Palin as a “cunt” and a “dumb twat.” Considering both women wasted no time releasing statements about Rush Limbaugh’s comment on Sandra Fluke, you would think they would be equally outraged at Maher’s offensive comments.

You would think…

Their silence is deafening, but it goes back to one point every protected class needs to recognize. You are important to a Democrat when you are useful in promoting the agenda. If you don’t, you’re dead to them.

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The Vetting: In 1991, Obama Protested in Support of Racialist Havard Professor (Video)

As promised by Andrew Breitbart at CPAC, here is video of President Barack Obama during his college years, protesting for and embracing racialist, radical college professor Derrick Bell.

The PJ Tatler has some “fun facts” about Professor Bell:

Bell was credited with developing “critical race theory,” which suggested that the U.S. legal system was inherently biased against African Americans and other minorities because it was built on an ingrained white point of view. He argued in his many books and lectures that the life experiences of black people and other minorities should be considered in hiring decisions and in applying the law.

Bell maintained that the standards for promotion and tenure at law schools – and Harvard, in particular – were inherently discriminatory and excluded a broad group of minorities. By hiring only graduates of top-tier law schools who had clerked at the Supreme Court, he argued, academia was populated by a uniform group of standard-issue professors, most of them white men.
And why are we not surprised that he was a Farrakhan supporter?
Some scholars, both black and white, challenged Bell’s ideas, as well as his strong support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Nonetheless, Bell remained one of the country’s most outspoken public intellectuals until his death.
Author James Traub voiced this opinion in his  1993 piece on the professor:
That’s Derek Bell’s bottom line: if it comforts whites, it’s bad; if it comforts blacks–i.e., Farrakhan–it’s good. Bell, along with Farrakhan and so many others, offers victimization as a consolation.
A little bit more from Joel Pollack of Breitbart:

Bell, Pollak said, “was the Jeremiah Wright of academia and would have been proud to say he was the Jeremiah Wright of academia, because the ties between Jeremiah Wright and Derrick Bell are very, very close indeed.”

“Derrick Bell was the originator of a school of thought called critical race theory, and he said that the civil rights laws were bad for black people because it encouraged black people to believe that there could be racial equality. In his view, the entire system, the entire United States of America was white supremacist to its core and therefore you have to bring the entire system down. This is what he taught, this is what he wrote, and these are the ideas that Obama says on tape are inspiring him and causing everyone to open their eyes,” Pollak said.

Just because he protested in support of him doesn’t mean he shared his views. That makes as much sense as saying you went to the church led by a man you called your “spiritual mentor,” but you never heard his sermons in 20 years of attendance.

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Accuracy in Media’s Daily Links for March 6, 2012

Top Story

Media Matters, or Does It? – The news for Media Matters keeps getting worse and worse.

AIM Blogs

Current TV Doubles Down, Adds Morning Block – Al Gore’s Current TV is doubling down on its strategy of building a 24/7 liberal network to compete with MSNBC by announcing that it will add morning programming to complement its primetime lineup.

Guest Post

Occupy the Money – Who would have thought, three or four decades ago, that Communist activists and terrorists such as Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Van Jones, Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Tom Haydn, Jane Fonda, and a gallery of other protégés, associates, appointees, and fellow travelers would become the social and political elite to formulate, determine and oversee domestic and foreign policies of the United States?

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Articulate: 96 “Uhh”s in Under Five Minutes (Video)

I know, articulate is racist. But I thought President Obama was some sort of public speaking Jedi. In Toastmasters, you have a “Grunt Tabulator.” This is the person who keeps track of how many times you stop during your speech and say, “Uh…” They also keep track of double clutches. That’s where you start a sentence, pause, and then start it again.

Obama’s Grunt Tabulator would have pulled their hair out keeping track of everything during this video.


 

Ninety-six “uhh”s, in just under five minutes.

But Bush was a stumbling fool.

Hat Tip: JammieWearingFool via Weasel Zippers

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Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh To Be Honored With a Statue at the Missouri Capitol

The left is working their hardest to keep a debate on religious liberty firmed focused on smearing Rush Limbaugh and Republicans in general as waging a war on women.

Meanwhile, the Missouri State Capitol is preparing a space for a statue in his honor:

House Speaker Steven Tilley, R-Perryville, confirmed Monday that Limbaugh, who, like Tilley, hails from southeast Missouri, will be honored with a place in the Hall of Famous Missourians, a circle of busts in the Capitol rotunda recognizing prominent Missouri citizens.

The unveiling is not expected until closer to the end of the legislative session in May, but, last month, a Kansas City artist published an announcement on his website indicating he was working on sculptures of Limbaugh and Dred Scott, whose landmark slavery case was heard at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis.

I’ll have to find out when the unveiling is so I can attend.

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Accuracy in Media’s Daily Links for March 5, 2012

Top Story

Dear General Dempsey – When I hear someone with your knowledge and your experience talk as if things were moving along nicely with Iran (sanctions are working, the Tehran regime is “rational”), my heart sinks.

AIM Blogs

Fox Chairman Praises Rachel Maddow’s New Book – Ailes, who has been a hero to conservatives for having the vision to create Fox News and turn the once fledgling cable news network into both a financial and ratings juggernaut, is sure to raise more than a few eyebrows with his pro-Maddow book blurb.

NBC News Expands on Radio at Expense of CNN – CNN, which is fighting with NBC-owned MSNBC for second place in the cable television news ratings, lost one battle this week to their rival when it was announced that NBC News will replace CNN on the radio airwaves starting next month.

Newspapers Digital Future is Bleak – Newspapers will need to get over this culture of “inertia” and become less dinosaur-like in how fast they adapt to change, if they want to avoid extinction.

From the Newswire

Pentagon says military will still air Rush Limbaugh – A Pentagon spokesman says the military’s network will continue to air Rush Limbaugh’s radio program.

Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty – Netanyahu used a brief, cordial session before the White House cameras to remind his host that Israel will decide for itself how to confront a looming threat that both unites and divides the longtime allies.

AP Exclusive: Obama’s transgender ex-nanny – Once, long ago, Evie looked after “Barry” Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world’s most powerful man.

Guest Post

Sherriff Arpaio – “I Suspect a Forgery.” Now what? – The American people are now in a Cold War to force a corrupt political-media machine to adhere to the Constitution, restore representative government and save the Republic.

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Lib Radio Host Mocks Tornado Victims: “Their God … keeps smashing them into little grease spots”

But what Rush said was bad:

“Their God … keeps smashing them into little grease spots on the pavement in Alabama, and Mississippi, and Arkansas, and Georgia, and Oklahoma. You know, the Bible belt, where they ain’t gonna let no goddamned science get in the way, it says in the Bible, blah blah blah blah. So, according to their way of thinking, God with his omnipotent thumb reaches down here and so far tonight has smashed about twenty people into a grease spot on highway 12, or whatever the hell highway they live next to.”

That, my friends, is hate and bigotry on full display.

I’d just like to note that following Rush’s rant on Sandra Fluke, the Radical in Chief called her to make sure she was all right.

He’s not called anyone who lost someone in the tornadoes.

Hat Tip: The Radio Equalizer via Weasel Zippers

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