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Third-Party Descriptions

July 2007: "The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a politically-progressive online news website and aggregated weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer, featuring hyperlinks to various news sources and columnists. The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005 as a news and commentary outlet; its caption reads: "Delivering News & Opinion since May 9th 2005." Its roster of bloggers includes many people from Arianna Huffington's extensive network of prominent "friends." As of August 8, 2006 it was the 5th most popular weblog overall as measured by web links[1] and the most popular "Analysis and Opinion" web site as measured by web hits.[2]"

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Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owned by (partial or full, past or present) AOL Huffington Post Media Group Organization Sep 4, 2011
Former Owner of (partial or full) HuffingtonPost.com Organization Sep 4, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Thomas B. Edsall Person Jun 25, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dan Froomkin Person May 24, 2011
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Founder/Co-Founder of Arianna Huffington Person Aug 14, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Earl Ofari Hutchinson Person Nov 5, 2008
Possible/Unclear Organization Executive (past or present) Jonah Peretti Person Jun 27, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) David S. Rohde Person Jul 6, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Jose Antonio Vargas Person Jun 26, 2011

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Oct 22, 2011 The First Amendment and the Obligation to Peacefully Disrupt in a Free Society

QUOTE: the First Amendment supersedes the restrictive permit laws now being invoked against protesters. The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right. Indeed, our nation's founding was a series of rowdy and intense protests, disrupting business as usual for tax collectors and mercenaries up and down the eastern seaboard.

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May 25, 2011 How Can Congress Debate a Secret Law?

QUOTE: Legal scholars, law professors, advocacy groups, and the Congressional Research Service have all written interpretations of the Patriot Act and Americans can read any of these interpretations and decide whether they support or agree with them. But by far the most important interpretation of what the law means is the official interpretation used by the U.S. government and this interpretation is - stunningly -classified.

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May 24, 2011 Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks

QUOTE: "In the course of performing their normal duties, members of Congress have access to non-public information that could have a substantial impact on certain businesses, industries or the economy as a whole. If used as the basis for common stock transactions, such information could yield significant personal trading profits," they wrote.

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Apr 07, 2011 College Professor Rankings In Texas Spark National Debate

QUOTE: While one faculty member at Texas A&M earned more than $500,000 each year, the average counterpart at its College Station campus made around $120,000... Academia is clubby, professors' performances hard to gauge, and parents and students can easily become financially indentured in their quest for a small piece of the American Dream... "We see an enormous variation in what people do and what they get paid to do it."

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Sep 30, 2009 Credit Rating Agency Analysts Covering AIG, Lehman Brothers Never Disciplined

QUOTE: Analysts at the three biggest credit rating agencies who gave positive, investment-grade ratings to AIG and Lehman Brothers up until their collapse have not been fired or disciplined...

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Jun 25, 2007 Fred Thompson: The Philip Morris Candidate

QUOTE: If Fred Thompson is elected president, he will be the first federally registered lobbyist to become Commander in Chief. ... Thompson's prospective presidential bid stands out in another respect: No campaign has been so dominated by staffers and advisers who have worked on behalf of Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco conglomerates and a leading force in promoting cigarette smoking.

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Jun 23, 2007 HuffPost Exclusive: More Lobbyists On McCain Staff Than Any Other 08 Candidate

QUOTE: John McCain, who made his name attacking special interests, has more lobbyists working on his staff or as advisers than any of his competitors, Republican or Democrat ... All the campaigns pale in comparison to McCain's, whose rhetoric stands in sharp contrast to his conduct.

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Jun 19, 2007 Attack On Mothers

QUOTE: Deliberately deceptive and fatally flawed studies [showing 'plausible deniability' of the link between the drug Thimerosal and autism] were authored by vaccine industry consultants and paid for by Thimerosal producers and published largely in compromised journals that neglected to disclose the myriad conflicts of their authors in violation of standard peer-review ethics .... The CDC and IOM base their defense of Thimerosal on these flimsy studies, their own formidable reputations, and their faith that journalists won’t take the time to critically read the science.

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