Another right wing hypocrite bites the dust

[CatWoman]

yeah, baby!!

Joe Conason's Journal
Aside from the dubious ethics, the disintegration of Conrad Black's newspaper empire offers yet another example of right-wing hypocrisy.

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Jan. 5, 2004 | Amiel to savor
It is difficult to feel sorry for Conrad Black, the press baron whose Hollinger newspaper empire seems about to disintegrate because of his alleged looting of the company. And it is impossible to feel anything but joy at the embarrassment of those illustrious personages who sat on the Hollinger board -- including Henry Kissinger, Richard Perle, Marie-Josee Kravis, former Illinois Gov. James Thompson (!), and convicted felon Alfred Taubman (!!) -- all of whom sat silently as Black shoveled shareholder assets into his and his cronies' private ventures.

According to today's New York Times, these very smart and very very important people spent just enough time on Hollinger board business to rubber-stamp Black's shenanigans and vote themselves a raise. For several of them, crucial questions of fiduciary responsibility appear to have been obscured by a much simpler inquiry: "Where's mine?"


Aside from the dubious ethics, of course, the Hollinger story offers yet another episode in the annals of right-wing hypocrisy. Black's flagship London "quality" newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, wasted more ink on Whitewater than any other publication outside the United States. Indeed, the Telegraph "broke" many Clinton scandal tales, few of which turned out to bear any resemblance to reality. Featured in the paper's Clinton coverage was an undisguised contempt for the "sleazy business deals" of the president and his Arkansas friends.

Among the opinion-mongers most responsible for that attitudinizing tone was Black's wife, Barbara Amiel. As a columnist she never allowed her skimpy familiarity with basic facts to interfere with her duty to tell us all what to think. In Whitewater there was "a pattern of corruption leading in an unbroken path from Arkansas to Washington," she wrote early on. "Nothing, it seems, can embarrass Bill Clinton."

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/01/05/amiel/index.html

[RandomKoolzip]

1. I believe LaRouche also had a beef with Conrad Black....

Claimed the Telegraph was a mouthpiece for the crminal wing of the Royal Family or some shit like that.

[DiverDave]

2. Biz as usual

RePukes love to break the law.
After all, Laws are for suckers.

[burythehatchet]

3. There is so much story to tell here

I can't wait to read that book!

My prayer to see Murdoch endure the same fate will continue.

[Bronco69]

4. Good riddance!!

And Murdock, you're next!