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  • Atlantic Magazine Profile of Gavin Newsom Chock Full of Gettys

    01/07/2026 12:49:03 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 4 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | January 7, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick
    Is The Atlantic magazine trying to send its readers a not so secret message? Although it's profile of California Governor Gavin Newsom by Helen Lewis on Tuesday, "The Front-Runner," was generally positive it was also chock full of Gettys as in the oil fortune family of patriarch J. Paul Getty.In fact the name "Getty" was so important in Newsom's personal, business, and political background that it appeared a total of 22 times in the article (including the Getty Images attributions of five of the photos used). Although a Republican presidential hopeful so attached to a family whose fortune was based...
  • Getty Had Signs It Was Acquiring Possibly Looted Art, Documents Show

    10/01/2005 12:34:07 PM PDT · by Republicanprofessor · 22 replies · 519+ views
    LATimes.com ^ | 9/25/05 | Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino,
    Attorneys for the J. Paul Getty Museum have determined that half the masterpieces in its antiquities collection were purchased from dealers now under investigation for allegedly selling artifacts looted from ruins in Italy. Italian authorities have identified dozens of objects in the Getty collection as looted, including ancient urns, vases and a 5-foot marble statue of Apollo. The Italians have Polaroid photographs seized from a dealer's warehouse in Switzerland that show Getty artifacts in an unrestored state, some encrusted with dirt — soon after they were dug from the ground, Italians officials say. In response to the Italian investigation, Getty...