Palm Beach Republicans
smartertimes.com

The lead news article in Sunday's New York Times appeared under the headline, "G.O.P. Race Starts in Lavish Haunts of Rich Donors." It began:

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Instead of the corn dogs and pork chops on a stick ritually served up on the hustings of Iowa, the latest stop on the donor trail featured meals of diver scallops and chocolate mousse. The setting was the Breakers, a sprawling Italian Renaissance-inspired hotel here, where the cheapest available rooms fetched $800 a night. And for the half-dozen Republican presidential candidates invited to the annual winter meeting this weekend of the Club for Growth, an influential bloc of deep-pocketed conservatives, the prize was not votes. It was money.

There are at least two problems with this story.

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Catsimatidis's Business
futureofcapitalism.com

Why does the New York Times, when it reports on a fundraiser that John Catsimatidis held for Mitt Romney, insist on describing Mr. Catsimatidis as a "supermarket magnate"? Here is Mr. Catsimatidis in a 2009 interview with Steve Forbes:

Steve Forbes: Now, in addition to groceries and real estate, you're also in the energy business. What's going to happen with that?

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Palm Beach Republicans
smartertimes.com

The lead news article in Sunday's New York Times appeared under the headline, "G.O.P. Race Starts in Lavish Haunts of Rich Donors." It began:

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Instead of the corn dogs and pork chops on a stick ritually served up on the hustings of Iowa, the latest stop on the donor trail featured meals of diver scallops and chocolate mousse. The setting was the Breakers, a sprawling Italian Renaissance-inspired hotel here, where the cheapest available rooms fetched $800 a night. And for the half-dozen Republican presidential candidates invited to the annual winter meeting this weekend of the Club for Growth, an influential bloc of deep-pocketed conservatives, the prize was not votes. It was money.

There are at least two problems with this story.

Read More...

Catsimatidis's Business
futureofcapitalism.com

Why does the New York Times, when it reports on a fundraiser that John Catsimatidis held for Mitt Romney, insist on describing Mr. Catsimatidis as a "supermarket magnate"? Here is Mr. Catsimatidis in a 2009 interview with Steve Forbes:

Steve Forbes: Now, in addition to groceries and real estate, you're also in the energy business. What's going to happen with that?

Read More...