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The billionaire, the Post and the $220G shakedown
New York Daily News ^ | 04/07/06 | WILLIAM SHERMAN

Posted on 04/07/2006 5:16:34 PM PDT by mcenedo

A New York Post Page Six staffer solicited $220,000 from a high-profile billionaire in return for a year's "protection" against inaccurate and unflattering items about him in the gossip page, the Daily News has learned.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: billionaires; newspaper; nypost; post; ronburkle; shakedown
Can't believe this wasn't posted, its been on Drudge all day. I did a number of searches....

Pretty sleazy (if true), even for the Post.

1 posted on 04/07/2006 5:16:35 PM PDT by mcenedo
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To: mcenedo

It's one bad apple and not the entire paper.


2 posted on 04/07/2006 5:19:51 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
Burkle is a big liberal donor and friend of Bill. It is to bad they could not have taken him down without all this fuss.
3 posted on 04/07/2006 5:22:32 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: leadpenny
It's one bad apple and not the entire paper.

Yeah, but it makes you wonder if others will come forward....

4 posted on 04/07/2006 5:33:35 PM PDT by mcenedo (lying liberal media - our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
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To: Uncle Hal

"Burkle is a big liberal donor and friend of Bill. It is to bad they could not have taken him down without all this fuss."

And Burkle is thinking, "I'm a big liberal donor and friend of Bill, I could get away with a murder performed on the 5:00 news; I don't need to put up with this. Hello, FBI?"


5 posted on 04/07/2006 6:19:12 PM PDT by larryw408
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To: mcenedo

Well will the NYP now print the dirt?


6 posted on 04/08/2006 3:35:30 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Kooks For Kinky)
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