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Posts Tagged ‘ Jack Abramoff ’

Tony Rudy

May 11, 2006
Tony Rudy

  A lobbyist tied to Jack Abramoff has pled guilty to conspiracy. Tony Rudy like “Casino Jack” Abramoff did work for PRIMEDIA and Channel One Network along with other firms. Rudy’s and Abramoff’s troubles don’t have anything to do with Channel One, but the public needs to know the type of people that Channel One hired to represent them on Capitol Hill, at...
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Gov. Bob Riley sells out Alabama schoolchildren with help from Ralph Reed and Dax Swatek

January 30, 2006

Obligation, Inc. P. O. Box 26270 Birmingham, AL 25260 www.obligation.org For Release: January 30, 2006 Contact: Jim Metrock 205.822.0080 EDITORIAL MEMORANDUM: Did Governor Bob Riley Reverse Himself On Channel One To Benefit Adviser’s Client? Ralph Reed’s Secret Funding Of Dax Swatek’s Sham “Coalition.” In August 2003, Alabama Governor Bob Riley was on the verge of sending...
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Channel One News’s Angel Of Darkness

January 12, 2006
Channel One News’s Angel Of Darkness

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff   PRIMEDIA EMPLOYED LOBBYIST ABRAMOFF FOR CHANNEL ONE Controversial In-School Network Faced Several Legislative Threats January 11, 2006 By Ira Teinowitz WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Add Primedia to the list of media clients caught up in the Jack Abramoff lobbying disclosures. Mr. Abramoff’s guilty plea has sparked expectations that it would affect members of Congress, and...
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“Casino Jack” Abramoff

January 3, 2006
“Casino Jack” Abramoff

Channel One’s disgraced lobbyist pleads guilty in D. C. today.  Does Channel One have anything to worry about? Or will Channel One claim Casino Jack overcharged them like the Indian tribes? We will wait and see. One thing for sure – Channel One and Primedia wish they had never heard of Mr. Abramoff.  
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Master Of Sleaze

March 23, 2005
Master Of Sleaze

Casino Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed Don’t let the smiles fool ya. Masters of Sleaze by David Brooks Op-ed in the New York Times March 22, 2005 Down in the depths of the netherworld, where Tammany Hall grafters and Chicago ward heelers gather amid spittoons and brass railings, a reverential silence now spreads across...
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Why Are These Men Smiling?

May 2, 2002
Why Are These Men Smiling?

You would too if you received the money they do from Channel One. There is an obesity crisis among our children yet these three are happy to do whatever they can to keep Pepsi and Twinkie commercials in classrooms. “Deal with it, kid,” they might tell an unfortunate student in a school with Channel One. Violence a...
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Channel One Paid Preston Gates Lobbying Firm $820,000 in First Half of 1999

October 27, 1999

October 27m 1999 – National Journal Reports Channel One Paid Preston Gates Lobbying Firm $820,000 in First Half of 1999 October 27, 1999 – National Journal Reports Channel One Paid Preston Gates Lobbying Firm $820,000 in First Half of 1999 $820,000 doesn’t go as far as it use to. Over the years, Channel One has paid...
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