[ontos-on]

Andrea Mitchell is on the board of directors for the Heinz Foundation. Eventually, the dots will all connect...

Incredible! I did not know that. How about some full disclosure, Andrea? NBC, MSNBC?

[Hatteras]

Actually, perhaps there's a little waggle room but it's "The Heinz Awards" and it's mission is...

The Heinz Awards, administered by the Heinz Family Philanthropies, recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Environment, Human Condition, Public Policy, and Technology, the Economy and Employment.

The Heinz Awards Board of Directors

Teresa is listed as the Grand Pooh-bah. Some of the recipients of this award have been complicit in the very questionable, Anti-Bush smear campaign and Teresa "allegedly" has used this "award" to funnel cash to these groups for this purpose.

[Hatteras]

As a matter of fact, I sent an e-mail off to the Imus show asking why they don't disclose this information about Andrea Mitchell (in the interest of full disclosure, of course). The girl controlling the e-mail sent me a note back saying that it wasn't true. I forwarded the link to the Board of Directors page. She replied that it was totally unrelated to politics and was not an issue.

I told her to ask Bernie if it should be an issue or not. I never heard back after that. Later in the morning when Andrea's name came up, Bernie mentioned the Heinz Awards but Imus and Chuck didn't pick up on it and the show went on.

If you are cordial and check your grammar, they are pretty good about responding.