And Keith Kelly, the media reporter there, started asking, "Who’s trying to smear Jane Mayer?" And he started doing a series of stories and floating the idea that the Koch brothers were behind it, because they had been unhappy with the big piece I did about them. Anyway, it took years—really, three years—but eventually I was able to connect the dots. And you’ll see the story in this book. And amazingly, the detective that they hired to do this was the former commissioner of police in New York City, Howard Safir….AlterNet
How the Kochs Tried (and Failed) to Discredit Reporter Jane Mayer After She Exposed Their Empire
Amy Goodman interviews Jane Mayer
Another great find, Tom. You can watch the video here:
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Without the Koch's no one would have heard of libertarianism. Well, these was once a left wing libertarianism. Noam Chomsky describes himself as one of them.