Remember, Abramoff bribed the media, too.

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...In the Abramoff affair, a prominent figure has been Doug Bandow, a syndicated columnist with Copley News Service and a senior fellow with the libertarian Cato Institute. Bandow had been a favored scribe for causes dear to Abramoff's clients, and he admitted accepting money from the lobbyist -- up to $2,000 a pop -- for 12 to 24 columns published since the mid-1990s.

Bandow has been remorseful. Other members of Abramoff's brain trust have been less so. Peter Ferrara of the conservative Institute for Policy Innovation told BusinessWeek Online that he too took money from Abramoff for opinion pieces. ''I do that all the time,'' Ferrara said. ''I've done that in the past, and I'll do it in the future.''

Another knock against the faded integrity of the MSM.

more at http://intelligencesquad.blogspot.com/2006/01/jack-abramoff-and-media.html

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1. Anthrax took care of the rest.

And it didn't hurt to have Bush cronies buy up all the broadcast media they could in the 80s and 90s.

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2. And bribery is only one tool in the mobster's toolkit

Don't forget about the other ones, such as blackmail, threats of violence, etc...

Abramoff is already connected to one murder (Gus Boulis), so I don't think the possibility of them making further threats to be too outrageous...

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3. The Chris Matthews association should be seen in this light as well.

Did Abramoff offer to assist Chrissy's brother's political run in exchange?

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4. Forgot about that one!