Posted on 04/24/2009 9:44:02 AM PDT by fiscon1
Here is a summary. The whole entire NBC family, owned by General Electric, has been by far the most pro Obama network for a long time now. General Electric has been faltering ever since Jack Welch was succeeded by Jeffrey Immelt. The NBC family has been losing money for years. Furthermore, their finance divisions, GE Capital and the now defunct WMC Mortgage, have created billions in red ink. Right now, the company is heavily lobbying the administration for bailout funds. The stock is down near 70% since he took over nearly a decade ago.
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"Eddie Willers walked on, wondering why he always felt it at this time of day, this sense of dread without reason. No, he thought, not dread, there's nothing to fear: just an immense diffused apprehension, with no source or object."
Starting to sound familiar?
Some of us have known this for quite some time. In fact people thought I was nuts for wanting to protest their shareholders meeting. We should have had thousands of people outside there showing their shareholders just how upset we are with their political agenda!!!
It is a shame. Remember that President Reagan got his real start politically writing conservative speeches traveling around the country as a GE spokesman.The company that gave us Ronald Reagan now gives us Olberman and Maddow!
Is this what the turn of the early 20th century newspaper barrons used to do? They would controll the press to promote their personal projects.
It is just NOW that the MSM is reporting on this. It remains to be seen if this is an ongoing story or just a fluke.
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