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Fri Feb-22-08 01:38 PM
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Ken Star and the tobacco industry? |
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I caught a glimpse of the movie "The Insider," about the guy who whistleblew on the tobacco industry on "60 Minutes."
And at some point, in a discussion by the "60 Minutes" group after the head of the tobacco companies appeared before Congress, one of them mentioned Ken Star. Why didn't this surprise me?
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Fri Feb-22-08 01:50 PM
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Just FYI...two r's in Starr.
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Fri Feb-22-08 05:43 PM
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Fri Feb-22-08 02:45 PM
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Fri Feb-22-08 05:45 PM
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4. And Karl Rove, too. Wonderful |
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Oil and tobacco, the two pillars of this administration.
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Fri Feb-22-08 06:07 PM
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5. Ken Starr was outside counsel for Philip-Morris .. |
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While conducting his inquisition of President Clinton, Starr often used Philip-Morris GulfStream jets. Since Clinton was the arch-enemy of Big Tobacco, this is just another sordid aspect of the Vast Right-wing Conspiracy.
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Fri Feb-22-08 06:35 PM
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6. That was an excellent movie. I just saw it recently on cable. |
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I remembered the Jeffrey Wigand story from when it happened but I didn't know the details until I saw this film. It's much more powerful to see the story presented in front of you than to just read about it. There's one minor point I'm curious about: the movie made Mike Wallace seem like a dick. I was wondering if he really is a dick or if someone involved in telling the story had an ax to grind. Does anybody know? Is he a dick?
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Sat Feb-23-08 10:58 AM
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7. Probably in the middle. Mike Wallace was a very powerful man in the 70s |
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when he established the "gotcha" style of "60 Minutes." Thus, being human, I am sure that at some point he considered himself an omni powerful person.
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