right we have a you know we've turned to crowdfunding as the answer to the money that you know david koch wields and the influence that he has over public broadcasting and so we have a campaign on kickstarter kickstarter dot com the film's name a citizen koch we are initial goal was seventy five thousand we're shooting for one fifty we are hoping that we can not only replace the money that public television took away but we can also create a distribution pipeline for this film because we are so eager to get this film out there and we have gotten a tremendous response and we're overwhelmed and inspired and moved by all the folks have stepped up and just given their small dollars i mean five dollars ten dollars twenty five dollars you know it pulled together by thousands of people makes an enormous difference so we're so grateful and we've got twenty more days to to make our target great i hope that you do it because clearly the public wants this kind of information to have the public broadcasting will fail the public into delivering this information hopefully we can all step up to the plat

support the release of this film you know we can get out there and we can send a big message to david kochto charles koch to also to public broadcasting that you know we will not allow this kind of censorship of our public institutions because of big big money and to tell people were they can find out more and help. that's where our website citizen coke that's k o c h not c o c o says and. backslash kickstarter you'll go directly to the kickstarter website you can see our trailer you can see the video we made for kickstarter you can learn about the pledges because if you do make a pledge you will get an award or a reward and there are all sorts of cool rewards up there you can also go directly to kickstarter dot com their web site and type in the title system koch and look we would love to hear from folks we want to hear the comments we'd love to get their support and we'd love your help in spreading the word thank you so much tia lessin co-director of citizen time thanks so much. every war we remember those men who gave the orders to invade occupy and to kill it . import remember that the

you know we can get it out there and we can send a big message to david koch to charles koch to all sortof public broadcasting that you know we will not allow this kind of censorship of our public institutions because of big big money and to tell people were they can find out more and help. that's what our website citizen coke that's k o c h not c o c o says and. backslash kickstarter you'll go directly to the kickstarter website you can see our trailer you can see the video we made for kickstarter you can learn about the pledges because if you do make a pledge you will get an award or a reward and there are all sorts of cool rewards up there you can also go directly to kickstarter dot com their website and type in the title system koch and look we would love to hear from folks we want to hear the comments we'd love to get their support and we'd love your help in spreading the word thank you so much tia lessin co-director of citizen coprophagia time thanks so much. every war we remember those men who gave the orders to invade to occupy and to kill and import remember that these wars woul

right we have a you know we've turned to crowdfunding as the answer to the money that you know david koch wields and the influence that he has over public broadcasting and so we have a campaign on kickstarter kickstarter dot com the film's name is citizen koch we are initial goal was seventy five thousand we're shooting for one fifty we are hoping that we can not only replace the money that public television took away but we can also create a distribution pipeline for this film because we are so eager to get this film out there and we have gotten a tremendous response and we're overwhelmed and inspired and moved by all the folks have stepped up and just given their small dollars i mean five dollars ten dollars twenty five dollars you know but pulled together by thousands of people makes an enormous difference so we're so grateful and we've got twenty more days to to make our target great i hope that you do it because clearly the public wants this kind of information to have the public broadcasting will fail the public into delivering this information hopefully we can all step up to the pl

right we have a you know we've turned to crowdfunding as the answer to the money that you know david koch wields and the influence that he has over public broadcasting and so we have a campaign on kickstarter kickstarter dot com the film's name is citizen koch we are initial goal was seventy five thousand we're shooting for one fifty we're hoping that we can not only replace the money that public television took away but we can also create a distribution pipeline for this film because we are so eager to get this film out there and we have gotten a tremendous response and we're overwhelmed and inspired and moved by all the folks have stepped up and just given their small dollars i mean five dollars ten dollars twenty five dollars you know but pulled together by thousands of people makes an enormous difference so we're so grateful and we've got twenty more days to make our target great i hope that you do it because clearly the public wants this kind of information to have the public broadcasting will fail the public and to deliver this information hopefully we can all step up to the plate a

but what changed is alec they aired a film that took down david koch in november.ught hell for it from one of the large affiliates in new york city. and it trickled down to us. >> so they pulled our funding. not only did they pull $160,000 of funding they pulled our broadcast. >> john: david cook has resigned from the board. >> he has resigned but he remains on the board of wgbh. >> john: we offered them an opportunity to appear, but they said it would violate their policy of publicly discussing their partnerships with filmmakers. they said they weren't happy with early cuts of the film and dispute over licensing agreement, but you have taken the kick starter. >> they weren't happy about the name "koch" in the title, is the truth of it. we had to turn to craft funding. david koch's money and his position of power at pbs killed the funding of our film. we're going to kick starter. we have a project on kick starter. we're at the halfway mark in our campaign. we're trying to replace all the dollars lost through the funding funding. >> john: what can people do through

the money got taken away from us because of david koch's influence at pbs. >> a piece was written in you suspect the koch brothers big footed pbs. one of them sits on the board, if i'm not mistaken, and the funding dried up -- >> david koch sits on two boards at pbs and was zang lg a big donation. because of that, the agency that cure rates and funds films like ours pulled their port. >> then you're screwed. >> we were screwed then we went to kick starter. we lost out not only on our funding but public television audience. >> you went to kickstarter and did that work. >> it was cool. in the aftermath of jane mayer's article in may, we hadde dozensf e-mails coming in from strangers. people kept saying, where can i give to kickstarter? where can i give to kickstarter? it felt really appropriate. here is a case where you have a public agency controlling the public airwaves cayiving to the influence of a private donor. >> to get the public to fund it. >> absolutely. >> did you get it funded? >> we're on day 13. >> right now it's up. >> it's up right now. we have 13 days left in our campai

one represents the new face of american corporatism more than the charles more than charles and david koch the two billionaire brothers who own koch industries so a few years ago the koch stayed out of the political spotlight but lately they've ramped up their spending efforts famously providing the financial backbone for much of what we call the tea party the cokes are just interested in buying up politicians now they're spreading their tentacles to colleges think tanks and nonprofits are also one of the top contenders to purchase the tribune company which owns some of the country's most important newspapers like the los angeles times and more on this i'm joined now by professor charles lewis executive director of the investigative reporting workshop at the american university school of communication with us or lewis welcome thank you it is a night. first of all the project the investigative project on journalism could you tell us just a little bit about that sure i have been a journalist for over thirty years doing investigative reporting on start a group called the center for public int

despite the tea party support, a political group founded by charles and david koch wants regulators to is americans for prosperity which launched a multimedia offensive this week, including an e-mail saying, utility bills are as high as 40% higher on average. that's a claim the associated press reports is misleading. joining me now is debbie dooley, co-founder of the atlanta tea party, still with me at the table forrer senator byron jordan. debbie, what is this fight about to expand solar, and why are you as a tea party activist engaged in it? >> well, we believe, and we care about our environment we just believe things should be done in a conservative way. we want to give consumers a choice. this solar plan will not have to be subsidized. and we believe that this giant utility monopoly deserves some competition. and consumers deserve a choice. it's just that simple. >> this is music to my ears. i think this is where you and i can agree about monopolies. when we talk about the energy market. we are not talking about anything that looks anything like a free market. it's not the market f

this latest ad by americans for prosperity funded in large part from the wealth of charles and david kocht pick our own doctor, how do i know my family's going to get the care we need? >> there's nothing in the law that prevents you from selecting your own physician. but again, this hasn't stopped republicans from pedaling another nasty untruth. and the third falsehood concerns their latest ridiculous claim that the affordable care act is now responsible for a rise in part-time workers for the month of june. but republicans know that it's the sequester that they love so much which is much more to blame for forcing workers into furlough, thus producing more part-time employees. it's got much less to do with the affordable care act. but that won't stop senator ted cruz. >> if there is ever a time to defeat obama care, it is now. moreover, we have, i believe, the best opportunity we will have and possibly the last good opportunity we have to defund obama care with the continuing resolution. >> so there you have it. three lies and a government shutdown. the republican approach to health care

personhood has reached an important milestone to speak with move to a men's david cobb about that milestone later on in the show and the koch brothers have a new plan to destroy our democracy and our planet i'll tell you what their plan isn't and it's daily to. need you know this is.

personhood has reached an important milestone to speak with move to a man's david cobb about that milestone later on in the show and the koch brothers have a new plan to destroy our democracy and our planet i'll tell you what their plan isn't and the daily take. need to know this zimmerman trial.

koch. and anthony weiner, i think they'll still both win. >> michael: i can't believe the free ride that david vitter got but does anthony weiner being in the race help in terms of fighting the scandal? they can forgive weiner, maybe they can forgive spitzer. >> the other caller this morning suggested that eliot spitzer got on the race because he had a case of weiner envy. i had to get that out there. i asked eliot spitzer saying, if he could come back, i can come back. he insist that's two cases are entirely different and separate, but i suspect so. >> michael: people thought that eliot spitzer didn't have a political future. rick perry said he won't run for that seat. does he have a political future. you think eliot spitzer has one what about rick perry. >> he left the door open to running for president again. because that worked so well the last time. i think we've seen the end of rick perry. as one person who is not ready for the national stage, it's rick perry and he proves it. >> michael: doesn't it take the country to leave the door open on that one? it's not up to rick perry. the count

personhood has reached an important milestone to speak with move to a man's david about that milestone later on in the show and the koch brothers have a new plan to destroy our democracy and our planet i'll tell you what their plan isn't that it's daily to. need you know this zimmerman trial has people talking about race and racial conflict in american society in a way we haven't seen since the o.j. simpson trial almost twenty years ago that conversation is an important one it's time we did more than analyze news stories it's time to have a serious conversation about the long term legacies of the whole a cost of slavery and its fellow or fellow travelers poverty and racism sad truth is that in modern american society african-americans in particular the young male african-americans like trayvon martin are treated like criminals simply because of the color of their skin here's an example of how bad it has become during an appearance on c.n.n. this week le var burton you know the host of the reading rainbow talked about what it's like to be treated like a criminal by law enforcement and described how he avoids getting sho