Heinz Foundation Bankrolled Group Protesting Bush 9/11 Ads [FR Mentioned]

NewsMax ^ | 3/6/04 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

The group Peaceful Tomorrows, which bills itself as an independent group of 9/11 victim families and whose members have led the charge to force the Bush reelection campaign to yank ads citing the Twin Tower attacks, has direct financial ties to the Heinz Foundation, the charitable trust administered by the wife of likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

On its Web site, Peaceful Tomorrows identifies itself as "a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization."

A Dec. 2003 report in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review detailed the financial relationship between the Tides Center and the charitable foundation controlled by Mrs. Heinz Kerry:

"Known as the Tides Center for Pennsylvania, formerly the Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania, it is a creation of the Tides Foundation and Center, headquartered in San Francisco, and two Pennsylvania-based foundations -- the Vira Heinz Endowment and the Howard Heinz Endowment-- chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry."

According to the Tribune-Review, Mrs. Heinz Kerry funneled millions of dollars into the parent group of Peaceful Tomorrows:

"Between 1995 and 2001, $4.3 million of that money came from the Howard Heinz Endowment. In 2002, it and the Vira Heinz Endowment blessed The Tides Center, a San Francisco spin-off of the Tides Foundation, with another $190,000 while the two endowments gave $1.6 million to the new Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania," the paper revealed.

Though the Tribune-Review report was first unearthed by researchers on FreeRepublic.com within 36 hours of the inception of the Bush ad controversy, the mainstream press has been slow to pick up on Peaceful Tomorrows' anti-Bush pedigree. The group, for instance, has long been active in opposing U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Still, PT's political portfolio escaped the notice of the Washington Post, which described the group as "nonpartisan" on Thursday.

Other mainstream outlets repeatedly quoted PT members without revealing their anti-Bush agenda.

Comments by PT's leader, Colleen Kelly, have been prominently covered by the Associated Press, the Boston Globe and in dozens of other press reports complaining about the Bush ads. None of the reports mentioned PT's money ties to Heinz Kerry.

Andrew Rice, another prominent member of PT, has been quoted in the New York Times and has appeared on MSNBC, again without a single reference to his group's Heinz Foundation funding.

Besides Peaceful Tomorrows, other Tides grant recipients include the Iraq Peace Fund, which has helped bankroll anti-war marches, and MoveOn.org, which featured a campaign ad in November comparing President Bush to Hitler.

[MEG33]

Great that FR is credited!

[GulfWar1Vet]

Yep, that info is been floating around FR. I have posted that story and links to other boards on the Internet. We need to get this info out to the public!

[international american]

Is this legal??

[CasearianDaoist]

Yes, but have you seen this in the mainstream media? I have not.

[Dante3]

I haven't either.

[American_Centurion]

Well, isn't that convinient?

[international american]

"Though the Tribune-Review report was first unearthed by researchers on FreeRepublic.com "

YEAH BABY!!!!

[CasearianDaoist]

And you know that if tables were turned that Dan Rather would have a special program based on it. The system as become so shamefully corrupt.

[denydenydeny]

FYI

[anniegetyourgun]

No wonder Teresa isn't contributing her fortune to the Kerry campaign. She doesn't need to. Just like her husband, her money remains soft.

[Owen]

Has anyone emailed this to reporters at Time or Newsweek. Print guys are the ones most desperate for the Pulitzers. The broadcast media will pick it up from them.

[TomGuy]

Though the Tribune-Review report was first unearthed by researchers on FreeRepublic.com within 36 hours of the inception of the Bush ad controversy, the mainstream press has been slow to pick up on Peaceful Tomorrows' anti-Bush pedigree.

That dang Internet!!!!

Difficult to hide the truth from the public any more.

lol

[Diogenesis]

The evil clowns Behind the media's attack funded by........ Teresa Heinz (Kerry).
The clowns behind the censoring are the New York Times' "Consultant" Emma Gilbey (shared bed with Kerry)
and Chief EditorBill Keller (shares bed with Gibley).

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL92/800445/1417170/46026258.jpg

[mrtysmm]

Now isn't this just cozy! Teraaaaaaaayza and this organisation? Something stinks here! This MUST get out to the media with ALL the nooks and cranies involved!

[goodnesswins]

"That dang Internet."

Yep....I've been forwarding the story on to friends and family....they can hide, but we'll UNEARTH them!!! I think 2004 is the INTERNET ELECTION year.....and every year more people get on the internet (and find the truth....FIND, not READ)...the better it is!

[memaw]

Let's boycott all heinz products. I will not buy any thing else made by Heinz.........

[raptor29]

Problem is, our side rarely does anything about this type of stuff. Sure, those of us on Free Republic and listeners to Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage etc. rail about all this, but there is no concentrated action step ever taken. The Rats know they will get away with it if they just ride out the criticism, muddy the waters with a b.s. response, and wait for it to blow over. And our side just gets further frustrated, and the country slips further down the terlet.

[The Wizard]

good news coverage...

[Rudder]

I sent a report to the Village Voice.