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Judi Lynn

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Tue Sep 15, 2015, 12:30 AM Sep 2015

Former Koch Industries Official Says He Ghostwrote Letters On Behalf of Congressmen

Former Koch Industries Official Says He Ghostwrote Letters On Behalf of Congressmen

Lee Fang
Sep. 14 2015, 11:18 a.m.

Critics of Koch Industries say the company uses its vast political machine to manipulate political and policy debates in the U.S.

The LinkedIn profile of a former officer of the company lends credibility to that argument. In it, he boasts that as part of the Koch Industries’ communication team, he helped write opinion columns and letters that were signed by members of Congress.

Richard Tucker, a former communications manager at Koch Industries from August 2010 through March 2012, wrote in his LinkedIn profile that he was responsible for “op-eds and letters to the editor that were signed by company leaders, members of congress and citizen activists.” Tucker, a writer and editor for a number of conservative websites, said he also wrote “regular blog posts for company employees to help explain important Washington policy debates” and was a member of the “crisis communication team that produced swift responses to negative press coverage.”

A screenshot of Tucker’s profile is below:



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https://theintercept.com/2015/09/14/koch-letters-congress/
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Former Koch Industries Official Says He Ghostwrote Letters On Behalf of Congressmen (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP
Deception is legal. nt bemildred Sep 2015 #1
I am not surprised at this Gothmog Sep 2015 #2
Comcast did the same during their last merger battle Panich52 Sep 2015 #3
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