Koch brother puff piece on the home page of the New York Times today.

[onehandle]

It's mainly about his 'passion for cancer research' with his conservatism a secondary story. He claims he didn't even know Walker's name before the prank call 'brouhaha.'

“I read stuff about me and I say, ‘God, I’m a terrible guy,’ ” he said. “And then I come here (a cancer research center he helped fund) and everybody treats me like I’m a wonderful fellow, and I say, ‘Well, maybe I’m not so bad after all.’ ”

It's disgusting. David Koch obviously got a check to a PR firm to 'soften his image' by inserting this story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/us/05koch.html

[annabanana]

1. disgusting, isn't it. . . .n/t

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[Kingofalldems]

16. Are you a big fan of Mr Koch?

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[Kingofalldems]

18. Democrats aren't. So your non denial is telling.

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[PA Democrat]

20. Koch Industries manufacture products that CAUSE cancer.

They spend money to lobby AGAINST the regulation of known carcinogens.

You love the Kochs, hate unions, and tell people that groups supporting liberal causes just want your money.

WHY are you here Herman?

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[PA Democrat]

22. Cute.

Yes those are the only choices. Let billionaires pollute and use poisons in their products without any reasonable regulation or else everyone gets fired.

[somone]

3. NYT whoring for Koch

They do have tremendous experience under the previous administration

[wtmusic]

4. I would love to see that graph charted backward fifty years or so. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

5. David Koch makes sure his name is on stuff when he donates.

The State Theater in Lincoln Center was re-named for him.
http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/TheaterRenamed.aspx

His name is also engraved in the marble walls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

All I can say is he's getting his money's worth from his public relations firm.

[Faygo Kid]

6. I was in PR for many years. This is appalling, and well paid for.

The Koch brothers must be paying a fortune to highly skilled publicists to get the Times to run this crap. When you have tens of billions, it's easy to give hundreds of millions to worthy causes as cover while you try to destroy the nation's political process, the environment and the lives of our people.

What a photo. You got your money's worth, Koch. Shame, shame NY Times.

[Octafish]

10. LOOT used to document the Lies Of Our Times

The publication lasted about four years, got pummeled by Corporate McPravda.

If you get a moment, you might want to download and share the PDFs. Pure gold.

Speaking of gold...and Honolulu blue and silver:

[Faygo Kid]

13. Suh!

That was a crappy fine he got for simply knocking a runner over.

Glad he's on our side.

[onehandle]

23. What a cuddly sweetheart.

:puke:

[underpants]

25. This is nothing but PR

right out of the playbook

I think Michael Caine could portray Koch.

[DCKit]

7. Presstitution... it's what the NYT exists on. nt

[PA Democrat]

8. While the pig lobbies to continue making millions producing carcinogen-laden products

After he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the early 1990s, David Koch started giving large financial donations to cancer research. In 2004, then-President George W. Bush appointed him to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which gives guidance to the National Cancer Institute. At the same time David Koch was acting as a champion against cancer, though, his company, Koch Industries, was lobbying to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from classifying formaldehyde -- a chemical his company produces in large quantities -- as a known human carcinogen. The growing body of scientific evidence linking formaldehyde to cancer led the National Institutes of Health to conclude that the chemical is a human carcinogen in need of regulation, but for decades Koch Industries has funded members of Congress who have blocked the EPA from classifying it as such. Formaldehyde is a component of secondhand tobacco smoke which is also rated a Group A Human Carcinogen, and the chemical is used in the manufacture of particleboard and other pressed-wood products, glues and adhesives, paints, cabinetry, clothing and draperies. It is the chemical that led to the abandonment of 103,000 FEMA trailers after they made their inhabitants sick.

http://www.prwatch.org/node/9396

[jillan]

9. A Billionaire does one good thing with his money and that is supposed to make everything else okay?

Sorry Mr Bloodsucker, you're still going to hell.

[somone]

12. People forget that the rich also benefit from their donations

The tax considerations are often huge.

[KittyWampus]

11. Yes indeed. That is what the uber-wealthy do. Hire PR firms to push this nonsense.

What does it say about the NYTimes for swallowing it?

[Octafish]

14. NYT failed to menion Koch ripped off oil from Native Americans

Koch Industries Hypocrisy, Crony Capitalism, Corruption of Public Officials

[Kurovski]

24. Even If you were the only person at DU, DU would still be a great place to come to.

Thanks, Octafish for being here.

[Bardley]

15. Manhattan is all about the right people doing the right things

and he's been rubbing the right elbos there for a long time

manhattan worships money and power, that pays manhattan tribute - always has and always will

[bullwinkle428]

26. Our wonderful "liberal media" comes through again!

:sarcasm:

[moondust]

27. Scumbag uses cancer patients as shields.

What about the $43,000?