us here's a question for you is billionaire charles koch running for president now hear me out on this according to a report of the new york times over the weekend koch industries headed up by charles koch and his brother david is looking to purchase the tribune company several newspapers across the country if you one of the biggest newspaper purchases in the country would include the los angeles times the fourth largest newspaper in the nation and the chicago tribune the ninth largest if you're familiar with how silvio berlusconi rose to power in italy he did it by purchasing most of the media in that country he basically held a media monopoly of t.v. print and radio outlets and when he was pressured to divest of some of these holdings he decided to run for prime minister of italy to protect his fortune he used his media empire to promote his campaign and sure enough he won you see when you own the media power comes a lot easier so with plans on the table to buy some of the biggest newspapers in the country is charles koch looking into silvio berlusconi esque power grab now he could b

is charles koch looking into silvio berlusconi esque power grab now he could be right why would this billionaire come out of the shadows come from investing in ten minutes to actually being one of the candidates and getting all that bad attention that comes with being a political candidate in america well he did run for vice president he ran on the libertarian ticket back in one nine hundred eighty and looking at the ron paul army we know that's a pretty passionate voter base today but who really knows what charles koch is up to what we do know is that buying up newspapers or influencing the media can be very beneficial to specific industries especially industries committed to drilling refining and transporting fossil fuels industries that are committed to denying that the planet is warming industries like coke industries a study published last year by the journal environmental research letters looked into newspapers across the world to find out just how prevalent stories denying climate change are what they found was staggering in the united states thirty percent thirty four percent

charles koch and david koch are inaccurate. unlike mr. koch has consistently opposed any favored treatment or subsidy for any industry includie ining ones th would benefit our businesses. for more than 50 years charles koch and david koch have been outspoken in their support of the policies that advance economic freedom, limbed government and individual liberty. head to rundown.msnbc.com to see those numbers. any time the koch brothers warrant to come on the show we are happy to talk to them as well. >>> our gaggle will be here next as budget cuts in washington begin to hit home. >>> first, white house soup of the day -- lemon chicken and brown rice. i believe this is a new one on the repertoire! >>> this just in, our nbc white house producer stacy klein reports that after being shut down to pedestrian traffic for a week after the boston marathon bombing, pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house has reopened to pedestrian traffic. tours can walk by again. we'll be right back. ently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned

the ron paul army we know that's a pretty passionate voter base today but who really knows what charles koch is up to what we do know is that buying up newspapers or influencing the media can be very beneficial to specific industries especially industries committed to drilling refining and transporting fossil fuels industries that are committed to denying that the planet is warming industries like coke industries a study published last year by the journal environmental research letters looked into newspapers across the world to find out just how prevalent stories denying climate change are what they found was staggering in the united states thirty percent thirty four percent of all the articles reviewed were devoted to climate change denial committed to questioning the science behind climate change we ranked number one in the world in skeptical climate change stories in our newspapers with more than double the rate seen in the second highest country the u.k. and now as the times reports the coax you've spent a lot of money and think tanks political organizations and political candidates all

friends are marxists frank that never realized that he was reading marx but and then there is charles koch who is speaking back in october two thousand and twelve so that i think is scary with this administration is fundamentally dedicated to transforming this country that means bigger and bigger government more intrusive less productive less opportunity and so who does that hurt the most are the poorest people. well the poorest people hear that and sadly think maybe there's some truth to it and while billionaire backers of the right who speak ill of the government are bad enough the mean the big government is the cause of all our problems is perpetuated each and every day in the right wing media whether you call it a government option whether you call it the consumer option whether you call it a co-op or an opt out or an opt in and these are all all just terms about their big government takeover of our health care system fear of the big bad government edging towards a record level in the u.s. everybody is up in arms this speech today was an ode to big government it was a him to be governm

marxists all her friends are marxists for it that never realized that he was reading marx and others charles koch who's speaking back in october two thousand and twelve said that i think is scary with this administration is fundamentally dedicated to transforming this country that means bigger and bigger government more intrusive less productive less opportunity and so who does that hurt the most are the poorest people. well the poorest people hear that and sadly think maybe there's some truth to it and while billionaire backers of the right who speak ill of the government are bad enough the mean the big government is the cause of all our problems is perpetuated each and every day in the right wing media whether you call it. the government option whether you call it the consumer option whether you call it a co-op or an opt out or an opt in and these are all all just terms about their big government takeover of our health care system fear of the big bad government edging towards a record level in the u.s. everybody is up in arms this speech today was an ode to big government it was a him to be gov

between 2006 and 2010, the charles g. koch foundation gave almost $8 million to think tanks and institutes, including $7.6 million to the mercada center and $100,000 to the american enterprise institute. charles koch along with his brother david also established the claude r. lamm charitable foundation. those two have the same source. and they direct that foundation's giving as well. this foundation provided almost $5 million to climate-denying think tanks and institutes including over $1 million to the cato institute and more than $2 million to the heritage fadges. foundation. the earhart foundation was started by henry earhart using funds from his oil business, now a part of -- you guessed it -- exxonmobil. the earhart foundation has donated almost $1.5 million to climate-denier groups, $370,000 to the american enterprise institute, $3 poo,000 to the cato snurkts and another $195,000 for the george c. marshal institute. that leaves us of course exxonmobil itself, which is the second-largest corporation in the world and often

but the newest addition is stirring some controversy, the brothers koch. charles david koch, the controversial and conservative brothers, energy billionaires, crusaders against bloated, big government, funders of the tea party movement are said to be interested in buying the l.a. times. one reason is that newspapers, so battered by the internet, are fabulously cheap, yet they still have profit margins a lot of businesses would envy. but the koch brothers have a conservative agenda, and that has nickers in a twist in hollywood and elsewhere. "the new york times" published a big story on sunday describing this as part of a ten-year strategy by the kochs to shift the nation to a smaller government with less regulation and taxes. now, that rattles folks like the editor-in-chief of the rap.com, a hollywood web site, who writes, quote: the koch brothers are known for having funneled multiple millions of dollars into right-wing political campaigns. this news should make anyone who cares about journalism nervous. well, i care about journalism, i'm not nervous. the chandle

set so yesterday i woke up to this disturbing headline survey of koch brothers turning focus to newspapers yet billionaire brothers charles and david koch are looking to expand their corporate.

set so yesterday i woke up to this disturbing headline survey of koch brothers turning focus to newspapers yep a billionaire brothers charles and david koch are looking to expand their corporate dynasty and this time they're targeting the media that's right koch industries and seriously exploring a bid to buy the tribune companies eight regional papers including the l.a. times or the chicago tribune and for those of you who are worried about those images remind you that these two men are the same two men set up to benefit from the controversial keystone pipeline and they're the same two men who have used their cronyism to influence supreme court justices ultimately securing the ruling that made it possible for their company to fully loaded an insane amount of money into politics and now these two men could be buying up the news that we depend on for the facts and polluting it with their ideology let's hope that doesn't happen but for now let's break this up.

so yesterday i woke up to this disturbing headline survey of koch brothers turning focus to newspapers yet the billionaire brothers charles and david koch are looking to expand their corporate dynasty and this time they're targeting the media that's right koch industries is seriously exploring a bid to buy the tribune company's eight regional papers including the l.a. times or the chicago tribune and for those of you who are worried about those images or.

set so yesterday i woke up to this disturbing headline survey of koch brothers turning focus to newspapers yet billionaire brothers charles and david koch are looking to expand their corporate dynasty and this time they're targeting the media that's right koch industries and seriously exploring a bid to buy the tribune companies eight regional papers including the l.a. times or the chicago tribune and for those of you who are worried about those images remind you that these two men are the.

the controversial and conservative koch brothers, charles and david, energy billionaire, crude saiders big government, funders of tea party are said to be interested in buying "the l.a. times." that has nickers in a twist in liberal hollywood and elsewhere. that bastion of editorial page liberalism, "the new york times" published a big story on sunday describing this as a part of a 10-year strategy the koches to shift the nation to smaller government and less regulation and less taxes. horrors, smaller government. the koch brothers funded cato institute, heritage foundation as well as americans for prosperity, a tea party advocate. that rattles the editor-in-chief of the rap.com a hollywood website who writes, koch brothers are known for fun nilling millions of doll into right-wing and ultraright-wing political campaigns. this should make anyone who cares about journalism nervous. the chandler family founded "l.a. times" in 1838 as conservative paper. no complaints were raised after reports democratic billionaires ron burkle and eli brogue were interested in big the "new york times" an

. >> hockenberry: with money from their oil and gas holdings, david koch and his brother charles, alongith other powerful family foundations, have quietly become the venture capitalists of this free market ideology. >> ...american dream of free enterprise, capitalism is alive and well. >> the major funders of the climate countermovement are ideologically driven foundations that are very much concerned about conservative values and world views. >> hockenberry: sociologist and stanford fellow robert brulle is studying the funding patterns of these groups. in fact, he's noticed a new benefactor, an entity called donorstrust. >> hockenberry: who's donorstrust? >> donorstrust, i think, is a c-4 or c-3 that's given to us, absolutely. >> hockenberry: we discovered that nearly half of americans for prosperity's support comes from donorstrust. and do you know who is behind it? >> i think their board is publicly listed. i'm pretty sure. >> hockenberry: their directors are listed, but the donors aren't. from this office on an unassuming street in alexandria, virginia, according to public records,